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Public proof of conceptFix available

CVE-2024-24476

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2024-02-21
  • WeaknessCWE-119

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Description

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.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2024-02-2119:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2024-24476?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD · CISA-ADP
Fedoraproject fedora
BranchAffectedFixed in
40.x= 40no fix published
Wireshark
BranchAffectedFixed in
4.2< 4.2.04.2.0

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2024-02-21
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is 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.

Is CVE-2024-24476 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2024-24476, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2024-24476?

CVE-2024-24476 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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