CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-0209

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Jan 03, 2024 | Modified: Nov 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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IEEE 1609.2 dissector crash in Wireshark 4.2.0, 4.0.0 to 4.0.11, and 3.6.0 to 3.6.19 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
WiresharkWireshark3.6.0 (including)3.6.19 (including)
WiresharkWireshark4.0.0 (including)4.0.11 (including)
WiresharkWireshark4.2.0 (including)4.2.0 (including)
WiresharkUbuntubionic*
WiresharkUbuntuesm-apps/bionic*
WiresharkUbuntuesm-apps/focal*
WiresharkUbuntuesm-apps/jammy*
WiresharkUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
WiresharkUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
WiresharkUbuntufocal*
WiresharkUbuntujammy*
WiresharkUbuntulunar*
WiresharkUbuntumantic*
WiresharkUbuntutrusty*
WiresharkUbuntutrusty/esm*
WiresharkUbuntuupstream*
WiresharkUbuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References