CVE-2024-24478

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.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://gist.github.com/1047524396/e82c55147cd3cb62ef20cbdb0ec83694	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/80a4dc55f4d2fa33c2b36a99406500726d3faaef	Patch
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19347	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://gist.github.com/1047524396/e82c55147cd3cb62ef20cbdb0ec83694	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/80a4dc55f4d2fa33c2b36a99406500726d3faaef	Patch
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19347	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

14 Apr 2025, 12:54

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://gist.github.com/1047524396/e82c55147cd3cb62ef20cbdb0ec83694 -~~	() https://gist.github.com/1047524396/e82c55147cd3cb62ef20cbdb0ec83694 - Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/80a4dc55f4d2fa33c2b36a99406500726d3faaef -~~	() https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/80a4dc55f4d2fa33c2b36a99406500726d3faaef - Patch
References	~~() https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19347 -~~	() https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19347 - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark::::::::
First Time		Wireshark Wireshark wireshark

Information

Published : 2024-02-21 17:15

Updated : 2025-04-14 12:54

NVD link : CVE-2024-24478

Mitre link : CVE-2024-24478

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-24478

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wireshark

wireshark

CWE

CWE-680

Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow

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