Use-after-free in Wireshark - CVE-2024-4855

Vulnerability identifier: #VU89575

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-4855

CWE-ID: CWE-416

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in editcap command line utility. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Wireshark
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
Basesystem Module
Desktop Applications Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Fedora
wireshark
wireshark-help
wireshark-devel
wireshark-debugsource
wireshark-debuginfo
libwireshark15-debuginfo
libwireshark15
wireshark-ui-qt
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo
libwiretap12-debuginfo
libwiretap12
libwsutil13
libwsutil13-debuginfo

Install updates from vendor's website.

Wireshark - addressed in versions 3.6.23, 4.0.15, 4.2.5
wireshark - addressed in versions 3.6.14-8, 3.6.14-9
wireshark-help - addressed in versions 3.6.14-8, 3.6.14-9
wireshark-devel - addressed in versions 3.6.14-8, 3.6.14-9
wireshark-debugsource - addressed in versions 3.6.14-8, 3.6.14-9
wireshark-debuginfo - addressed in versions 3.6.14-8, 3.6.14-9
libwireshark15-debuginfo - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
libwireshark15 - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
wireshark - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
wireshark-ui-qt - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
libwiretap12-debuginfo - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
wireshark-debugsource - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
libwiretap12 - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
libwsutil13 - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
wireshark-debuginfo - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
libwsutil13-debuginfo - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
wireshark-devel - update to 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
wireshark - addressed in versions 4.0.15-1.fc39, 4.2.5-1.fc40

• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-08.html
• https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19782
• https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19783
• https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19784

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Wireshark
• Fedora 40 update for wireshark
• Fedora 39 update for wireshark
• openEuler update for wireshark
• openEuler 24.03 LTS update for wireshark
• SUSE update for wireshark