CVE-2024-9780 (GCVE-0-2024-9780)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-10 06:30 – Updated: 2026-03-27 13:56
VLAI
Title
Missing Initialization of a Variable in Wireshark
Summary
ITS dissector crash in Wireshark 4.4.0 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: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-10-10 14:39 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-456 - Missing Initialization of a Variable
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark Affected: 4.4.0 , < 4.4.1 (semver)
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