CVE-2024-4854: MONGO and ZigBee TLV dissector infinite loops in Wireshark 4.2.0 to 4.2.4, 4.0.0 to 4.0.14, and 3.6.0 to 3.6.22 allow denial of service via packet injection or…

PriorityP336high7.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH

EPSS

0.81%

53.2th percentile

MONGO and ZigBee TLV dissector infinite loops in Wireshark 4.2.0 to 4.2.4, 4.0.0 to 4.0.14, and 3.6.0 to 3.6.22 allow denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Affected

14 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	wireshark	< wireshark 4.0.17-0+deb12u1 (bookworm)	wireshark 4.0.17-0+deb12u1 (bookworm)
fedoraproject	fedora	—	—
fedoraproject	fedora	—	—
gitlab	wireshark	—	—
wireshark	wireshark	>= 0 < 3.4.16-0+deb11u1	3.4.16-0+deb11u1
wireshark	wireshark	>= 0 < 4.0.17-0+deb12u1	4.0.17-0+deb12u1
wireshark	wireshark	>= 0 < 4.2.5-1	4.2.5-1
wireshark	wireshark	>= 0 < 4.2.5-1	4.2.5-1
wireshark	wireshark	3.6.0 – 3.6.22	—
wireshark	wireshark	4.0.0 – 4.0.14	—
wireshark	wireshark	4.2.0 – 4.2.4	—
wireshark_foundation	wireshark	>= 3.6.0 < 3.6.23	3.6.23
wireshark_foundation	wireshark	>= 4.0.0 < 4.0.15	4.0.15
wireshark_foundation	wireshark	>= 4.2.0 < 4.2.5	4.2.5

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

osv7.5HIGH

vendor_debian6.4MEDIUM

vendor_redhat6.4MEDIUM

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