CVE-2024-4854 (GCVE-0-2024-4854)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-05-14 00:03 – Updated: 2025-11-03 22:22
VLAI?
Title
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') in Wireshark
Summary
MONGO and ZigBee TLV dissector infinite loops in Wireshark 4.2.0 to 4.2.4, 4.0.0 to 4.0.14, and 3.6.0 to 3.6.22 allow denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
Severity ?
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark Affected: 4.2.0 , < 4.2.5 (semver)
Affected: 4.0.0 , < 4.0.15 (semver)
Affected: 3.6.0 , < 3.6.23 (semver)
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