CVE-2024-4853 (GCVE-0-2024-4853)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2024-05-14 00:03
Modified
2025-11-03 22:22
Severity ?
3.6 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-762 - Mismatched Memory Management Routines
Summary
Memory handling issue in editcap could cause denial of service via crafted capture file
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Wireshark Foundation editcap Version: 4.2.0   ≤
Version: 4.0.0   ≤
Version: 3.6.0   ≤
Create a notification for this product.
Show details on NVD website

To clipboard 

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "metrics": [
          {
            "other": {
              "content": {
                "id": "CVE-2024-4853",
                "options": [
                  {
                    "Exploitation": "none"
                  },
                  {
                    "Automatable": "no"
                  },
                  {
                    "Technical Impact": "partial"
                  }
                ],
                "role": "CISA Coordinator",
                "timestamp": "2024-06-12T14:26:24.118018Z",
                "version": "2.0.3"
              },
              "type": "ssvc"
            }
          }
        ],
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-06-12T14:26:30.524Z",
          "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
          "shortName": "CISA-ADP"
        },
        "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
      },
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2025-11-03T22:22:00.562Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-08.html"
          },
          {
            "name": "GitLab Issue #19724",
            "tags": [
              "issue-tracking",
              "permissions-required",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19724"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/66H2BSENPSIALF2WIZF7M3QBVWYBMFGW/"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7MKFJAZDKXGFFQPRDYLX2AANRNMYZZEZ/"
          },
          {
            "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "product": "editcap",
          "vendor": "Wireshark Foundation",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "4.2.5",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "4.2.0",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "4.0.15",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "4.0.0",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "3.6.23",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "3.6.0",
              "versionType": "semver"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "credits": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "type": "finder",
          "value": "Dawei Wang and Geng Zhou, from Zhongguancun Laboratory."
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "Memory handling issue in editcap could cause denial of service via crafted capture file"
        }
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "cvssV3_1": {
            "attackComplexity": "HIGH",
            "attackVector": "LOCAL",
            "availabilityImpact": "LOW",
            "baseScore": 3.6,
            "baseSeverity": "LOW",
            "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
            "integrityImpact": "LOW",
            "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
            "scope": "UNCHANGED",
            "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L",
            "version": "3.1"
          },
          "format": "CVSS",
          "scenarios": [
            {
              "lang": "en",
              "value": "GENERAL"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "cweId": "CWE-762",
              "description": "CWE-762: Mismatched Memory Management Routines",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "CWE"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2024-08-29T15:04:58.663Z",
        "orgId": "ceab7361-8a18-47b1-92ba-4d7d25f6715a",
        "shortName": "GitLab"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-08.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "GitLab Issue #19724",
          "tags": [
            "issue-tracking",
            "permissions-required"
          ],
          "url": "https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19724"
        }
      ],
      "solutions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "Upgrade to versions 4.2.5 or above."
        }
      ],
      "title": "Mismatched Memory Management Routines in editcap"
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "ceab7361-8a18-47b1-92ba-4d7d25f6715a",
    "assignerShortName": "GitLab",
    "cveId": "CVE-2024-4853",
    "datePublished": "2024-05-14T00:03:07.500Z",
    "dateReserved": "2024-05-14T00:02:52.640Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2025-11-03T22:22:00.562Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.2",
  "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
    "vulnrichment": {
      "containers": "{\"adp\": [{\"title\": \"CVE Program Container\", \"references\": [{\"url\": \"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-08.html\", \"tags\": [\"x_transferred\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19724\", \"name\": \"GitLab Issue #19724\", \"tags\": [\"issue-tracking\", \"permissions-required\", \"x_transferred\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/66H2BSENPSIALF2WIZF7M3QBVWYBMFGW/\", \"tags\": [\"x_transferred\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7MKFJAZDKXGFFQPRDYLX2AANRNMYZZEZ/\", \"tags\": [\"x_transferred\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html\"}], \"providerMetadata\": {\"orgId\": \"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108\", \"shortName\": \"CVE\", \"dateUpdated\": \"2025-11-03T22:22:00.562Z\"}}, {\"title\": \"CISA ADP Vulnrichment\", \"metrics\": [{\"other\": {\"type\": \"ssvc\", \"content\": {\"id\": \"CVE-2024-4853\", \"role\": \"CISA Coordinator\", \"options\": [{\"Exploitation\": \"none\"}, {\"Automatable\": \"no\"}, {\"Technical Impact\": \"partial\"}], \"version\": \"2.0.3\", \"timestamp\": \"2024-06-12T14:26:24.118018Z\"}}}], \"providerMetadata\": {\"orgId\": \"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0\", \"shortName\": \"CISA-ADP\", \"dateUpdated\": \"2024-06-12T14:26:28.138Z\"}}], \"cna\": {\"title\": \"Mismatched Memory Management Routines in editcap\", \"credits\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"type\": \"finder\", \"value\": \"Dawei Wang and Geng Zhou, from Zhongguancun Laboratory.\"}], \"metrics\": [{\"format\": \"CVSS\", \"cvssV3_1\": {\"scope\": \"UNCHANGED\", \"version\": \"3.1\", \"baseScore\": 3.6, \"attackVector\": \"LOCAL\", \"baseSeverity\": \"LOW\", \"vectorString\": \"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L\", \"integrityImpact\": \"LOW\", \"userInteraction\": \"REQUIRED\", \"attackComplexity\": \"HIGH\", \"availabilityImpact\": \"LOW\", \"privilegesRequired\": \"NONE\", \"confidentialityImpact\": \"NONE\"}, \"scenarios\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"value\": \"GENERAL\"}]}], \"affected\": [{\"vendor\": \"Wireshark Foundation\", \"product\": \"editcap\", \"versions\": [{\"status\": \"affected\", \"version\": \"4.2.0\", \"lessThan\": \"4.2.5\", \"versionType\": \"semver\"}, {\"status\": \"affected\", \"version\": \"4.0.0\", \"lessThan\": \"4.0.15\", \"versionType\": \"semver\"}, {\"status\": \"affected\", \"version\": \"3.6.0\", \"lessThan\": \"3.6.23\", \"versionType\": \"semver\"}], \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\"}], \"solutions\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"value\": \"Upgrade to versions 4.2.5 or above.\"}], \"references\": [{\"url\": \"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-08.html\"}, {\"url\": \"https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19724\", \"name\": \"GitLab Issue #19724\", \"tags\": [\"issue-tracking\", \"permissions-required\"]}], \"descriptions\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"value\": \"Memory handling issue in editcap could cause denial of service via crafted capture file\"}], \"problemTypes\": [{\"descriptions\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"type\": \"CWE\", \"cweId\": \"CWE-762\", \"description\": \"CWE-762: Mismatched Memory Management Routines\"}]}], \"providerMetadata\": {\"orgId\": \"ceab7361-8a18-47b1-92ba-4d7d25f6715a\", \"shortName\": \"GitLab\", \"dateUpdated\": \"2024-08-29T15:04:58.663Z\"}}}",
      "cveMetadata": "{\"cveId\": \"CVE-2024-4853\", \"state\": \"PUBLISHED\", \"dateUpdated\": \"2025-11-03T22:22:00.562Z\", \"dateReserved\": \"2024-05-14T00:02:52.640Z\", \"assignerOrgId\": \"ceab7361-8a18-47b1-92ba-4d7d25f6715a\", \"datePublished\": \"2024-05-14T00:03:07.500Z\", \"assignerShortName\": \"GitLab\"}",
      "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
      "dataVersion": "5.2"
    }
  }
}


Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.




Sightings

Author Source Type Date

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
  • Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.