CVE-2024-24476

A buffer overflow in Wireshark before 4.2.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the pan/addr_resolv.c, and ws_manuf_lookup_str(), size components. NOTE: this is disputed by the vendor because neither release 4.2.0 nor any other release was affected.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://gist.github.com/1047524396/369ba0ccffe255cf8142208b6142be2b	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/108217f4bb1afb8b25fc705c2722b3e328b1ad78	Patch
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19344	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZT2BX7UARZVVWKITSZMHW7BHXGIKRSR2/	Mailing List
https://gist.github.com/1047524396/369ba0ccffe255cf8142208b6142be2b	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/108217f4bb1afb8b25fc705c2722b3e328b1ad78	Patch
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19344	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZT2BX7UARZVVWKITSZMHW7BHXGIKRSR2/	Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZT2BX7UARZVVWKITSZMHW7BHXGIKRSR2/

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

04 Nov 2025, 19:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZT2BX7UARZVVWKITSZMHW7BHXGIKRSR2/ -

Information

Published : 2024-02-21 19:15

Updated : 2025-11-04 19:16

NVD link : CVE-2024-24476

Mitre link : CVE-2024-24476

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-24476

JSON object : View

Products Affected

fedoraproject

fedora

wireshark

wireshark

CWE

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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