5.5

CVE-2024-8645: wireshark foundation wireshark Access of Uninitialized Pointer

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-8645DEBIAN-CVE-2024-8645openSUSE-SU-2024:14341-1
Published 10-09-2024Last modified 27-03-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-8645 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Access of Uninitialized Pointer vulnerability in wireshark foundation wireshark. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 1
DLA-3906-1SUSE-SU-2024:3250-1

Timeline

  1. 10-09-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 27-03-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

SPRT dissector crash in Wireshark 4.2.0 to 4.0.5 and 4.0.0 to 4.0.15 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

10%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.21% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.21%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • wireshark< 4.0.17-0+deb12u1 | < 4.2.6-1
Opensuse1 product
  • wireshark&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 4.4.0-2.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • wiresharkAll versions (No fix recorded)
Wireshark1 product
  • wireshark≥ 4.0.0, < 4.0.16 | ≥ 4.2.0, < 4.2.6
Wireshark foundation1 product
  • wireshark≥ 4.2.0, < 4.2.6 | ≥ 4.0.0, < 4.0.16

5 vendors · 5 products

References

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