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CVE-2024-24478

HIGH
Published 2024-02-21T00:00:00
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CVSS Score

V3.1
7.5
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.003
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.3% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.508
Higher than 50.8% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH

Description

An issue in Wireshark before 4.2.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the packet-bgp.c, dissect_bgp_open(tvbuff_t*tvb, proto_tree*tree, packet_info*pinfo), optlen components. NOTE: this is disputed by the vendor because neither release 4.2.0 nor any other release was affected.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

wireshark

wireshark

Affected Versions:

0

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-q2p3-j458-f7vv

Advisory Details

An issue in Wireshark team Wireshark before v.4.2.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the packet-bgp.c, dissect_bgp_open(tvbuff_t*tvb, proto_tree*tree, packet_info*pinfo), optlen components.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

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

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-24478
WEB https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/80a4dc55f4d2fa33c2b36a99406500726d3faaef
WEB https://gist.github.com/1047524396/e82c55147cd3cb62ef20cbdb0ec83694
WEB https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19347

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: February 21, 2024, Modified: August 1, 2024

References

https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/80a4dc55f4d2fa33c2b36a99406500726d3faaef
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19347
https://gist.github.com/1047524396/e82c55147cd3cb62ef20cbdb0ec83694
Published: 2024-02-21T00:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-01T23:19:52.890Z
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