CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-8250

Expired Pointer Dereference

Published: Aug 29, 2024 | Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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

NTLMSSP dissector crash in Wireshark 4.2.0 to 4.0.6 and 4.0.0 to 4.0.16 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Weakness

The product dereferences a pointer that contains a location for memory that was previously valid, but is no longer valid.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
WiresharkWireshark4.0.0 (including)4.0.17 (excluding)
WiresharkWireshark4.2.0 (including)4.2.7 (excluding)
WiresharkUbuntuesm-apps-legacy/xenial*
WiresharkUbuntuesm-apps/bionic*
WiresharkUbuntuesm-apps/focal*
WiresharkUbuntuesm-apps/jammy*
WiresharkUbuntuesm-apps/noble*
WiresharkUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
WiresharkUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
WiresharkUbuntufocal*
WiresharkUbuntujammy*
WiresharkUbuntunoble*
WiresharkUbuntuoracular*
WiresharkUbuntutrusty/esm*
WiresharkUbuntuupstream*

Potential Mitigations

References