Wireshark up to 3.6.22/4.0.14/4.2.4 editcap use after free

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Wireshark up to 3.6.22/4.0.14/4.2.4. Affected is an unknown function of the component editcap. Executing a manipulation can lead to use after free. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-4855. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Wireshark up to 3.6.22/4.0.14/4.2.4. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component editcap. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Use after free issue in editcap could cause denial of service via crafted capture file

The weakness was released by Dawei Wang and Geng Zhou as 19782. The advisory is shared for download at wireshark.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-4855 since 05/14/2024. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 296202 (Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: wireshark (CVE-2024-4855)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 3.6.23, 4.0.15 or 4.2.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (296202). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Packet Analyzer Software

Name

• Wireshark

Version

• 3.6.0
• 3.6.1
• 3.6.2
• 3.6.3
• 3.6.4
• 3.6.5
• 3.6.6
• 3.6.7
• 3.6.8
• 3.6.9
• 3.6.10
• 3.6.11
• 3.6.12
• 3.6.13
• 3.6.14
• 3.6.15
• 3.6.16
• 3.6.17
• 3.6.18
• 3.6.19
• 3.6.20
• 3.6.21
• 3.6.22
• 4.0.0
• 4.0.1
• 4.0.2
• 4.0.3
• 4.0.4
• 4.0.5
• 4.0.6
• 4.0.7
• 4.0.8
• 4.0.9
• 4.0.10
• 4.0.11
• 4.0.12
• 4.0.13
• 4.0.14
• 4.2.0
• 4.2.1
• 4.2.2
• 4.2.3
• 4.2.4

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://www.wireshark.org/

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