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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory
https://gist.github.com/1047524396/c50ad17e9a1a18990043a7cd27814c78
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZT2BX7UARZVVWKITSZMHW7BHXGIKRSR2/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0043
EPSS Percentile
62.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-120
Status
published
Products (2)
fedoraproject/fedora
40
wireshark/wireshark
< 4.2.0
Published
Feb 21, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026