CVE-2024-11596 (GCVE-0-2024-11596)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-21 09:30 – Updated: 2026-03-27 13:56
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Title
Buffer Over-read in Wireshark
Summary
ECMP dissector crash in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.1 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.8 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark Affected: 4.4.0 , < 4.4.2 (semver)
Affected: 4.2.0 , < 4.2.9 (semver)
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Credits
Ivan Nardi
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