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GHSA-7XXH-V6V3-QWGX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-14 18:30 – Updated: 2025-11-04 00:30

Details

Memory handling issue in editcap could cause denial of service via crafted capture file

Severity ?

3.6 (Low)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

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CVE-2024-4853 (GCVE-0-2024-4853)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-14 00:03 – Updated: 2025-11-03 22:22

Summary

Memory handling issue in editcap could cause denial of service via crafted capture file

Severity ?

3.6 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

CWE

CWE-762 - Mismatched Memory Management Routines

Assigner

GitLab

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-…
	https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19724	issue-trackingpermissions-required

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Wireshark Foundation	editcap	Affected: 4.2.0 , < 4.2.5 (semver) Affected: 4.0.0 , < 4.0.15 (semver) Affected: 3.6.0 , < 3.6.23 (semver)

Credits

Dawei Wang and Geng Zhou, from Zhongguancun Laboratory.

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GHSA-7XXH-V6V3-QWGX

CVE-2024-4853 (GCVE-0-2024-4853)

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