Skip to main content

NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE-2024-0209

High
7.5/10

Summary

IEEE 1609.2 dissector crash in Wireshark versions through 3.6.20rc0, 3.7.0rc0 through 4.0.12rc0, 4.1.0rc0 through 4.2.1rc0, and 4.3.0rc0 allows Denial of Service (DOS) via packet injection or a crafted capture file.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

References

Advisory Timeline

  • Published