CVE-2024-8645 (GCVE-0-2024-8645)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-10 10:02 – Updated: 2025-11-03 22:32
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Title
Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Wireshark
Summary
SPRT dissector crash in Wireshark 4.2.0 to 4.0.5 and 4.0.0 to 4.0.15 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-824 - Access of Uninitialized Pointer
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark Affected: 4.2.0 , < 4.2.6 (semver)
Affected: 4.0.0 , < 4.0.16 (semver)
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