High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Feb 21, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2024-24479
CVE-2024-24479
Description
A Buffer Overflow in Wireshark before 4.2.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the wsutil/to_str.c, and format_fractional_part_nsecs components. NOTE: this is disputed by the vendor because neither release 4.2.0 nor any other release was affected.
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Affected products
4- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
4- github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/c3720cff158c265dec2a0c6104b1d65954ae6bfdnvdPatch
- gist.github.com/1047524396/c50ad17e9a1a18990043a7cd27814c78nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZT2BX7UARZVVWKITSZMHW7BHXGIKRSR2/nvdMailing List
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZT2BX7UARZVVWKITSZMHW7BHXGIKRSR2/nvd
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