QID 379218

Date Published: 2024-01-31

QID 379218: Wireshark IEEE 1609.2 dissector crash Vulnerability (wnpa-sec-2024-02)

Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer available for multiple operating systems. It lets you capture and interactively browse the traffic running on a computer network.

The IEEE 1609.2 and possibly other ASN.1-based dissectors could crash. Discovered by Han Zheng.

Affected version:
Wireshark version: 4.2.0, 4.0.0 to 4.0.11, 3.6.0 to 3.6.19
Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5.4 severity.
  • Solution
    Vendor has released a patch. upgrade to Wireshark 4.2.1, 4.0.12, 3.6.20 or later.
    For more details please visit Wireshark.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 379218

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    wnpa-sec-2024-02 URL Logo www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-02.html