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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

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Affected products

9

osv-coords8 versions
pkg:rpm/opensuse/wireshark&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5 pkg:rpm/opensuse/wireshark&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6 pkg:rpm/opensuse/wireshark&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP6 pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP5 pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP6 pkg: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/editcapv5
Range: 4.2.0

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

2

gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19724mitreissue-trackingpermissions-required
www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-08.htmlmitre

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