CVE-2024-2955 (GCVE-0-2024-2955)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-26 20:02 – Updated: 2026-04-08 04:08
VLAI
Title
Mismatched Memory Management Routines in Wireshark
Summary
T.38 dissector crash in Wireshark 4.2.0 to 4.0.3 and 4.0.0 to 4.0.13 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
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-762 - Mismatched Memory Management Routines
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark Affected: 4.2.0 , < 4.2.4 (semver)
Affected: 4.0.0 , < 4.0.14 (semver)
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wireshark wireshark Affected: 4.2.0 , < 4.2.4 (semver)
Affected: 4.0.0 , < 4.0.14 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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