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Use After Free

CVE-2024-4855

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

Use After Free issue in "editcap" could cause a Denial of Service (DoS) attack via a crafted capture file. This issue affects Wireshark versions v3.6.0rc0 through v3.6.23, v3.7.0rc0 through v3.7.3rc0, v4.0.0rc0 through v4.0.15rc0 and v4.1.0rc0 through v4.2.5rc0, and v4.3.0rc0.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-416 - Use After Free

Use-after-free (UaF) vulnerability occurs when the application is using a pointer to memory that has been freed. Any attempt to read/write to a buffer after it is de-allocated allows memory corruption, sensitive information exposure, and can potentially lead to arbitrary code execution.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published