7.8

CVE-2024-0209: wireshark foundation wireshark NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-0209DEBIAN-CVE-2024-0209
Published 03-01-2024Last modified 27-03-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-0209 is a high (CVSS 7.8) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in wireshark foundation wireshark. EPSS estimates a 0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
41/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.58%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 2
DLA-3906-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:13556-1SUSE-SU-2024:0058-1

Timeline

  1. 03-01-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 27-03-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

IEEE 1609.2 dissector crash in Wireshark 4.2.0, 4.0.0 to 4.0.11, and 3.6.0 to 3.6.19 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.58%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

47%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.58% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.58%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (gitlab.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • wireshark< 4.0.17-0+deb12u1 | < 4.2.2-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • wiresharkAll versions (No fix recorded)
Wireshark1 product
  • wiresharkEOL≥ 3.6.0, ≤ 3.6.19 | ≥ 4.0.0, ≤ 4.0.11 | 4.2.0
Wireshark foundation1 product
  • wireshark≥ 4.2.0, < 4.2.1 | ≥ 4.0.0, < 4.0.12 | ≥ 3.6.0, < 3.6.20

4 vendors · 4 products

References

7 links