Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 14, 2024· Updated Mar 27, 2026
Mismatched Memory Management Routines in editcap
CVE-2024-4853
Description
Memory handling issue in editcap could cause denial of service via crafted capture file
Affected products
9- osv-coords8 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/wireshark&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/wireshark&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/wireshark&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP6pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5
< 3.6.23-150000.3.115.1+ 7 more
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.23-150000.3.115.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.5-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.23-150000.3.115.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.23-150000.3.115.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.23-150000.3.115.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.16-48.60.1
- Wireshark Foundation/editcapv5Range: 4.2.0
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
2- gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19724mitreissue-trackingpermissions-required
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-08.htmlmitre
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