CVE-2024-0209

NULL Pointer Dereference in Wireshark

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

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

El fallo del disector IEEE 1609.2 en Wireshark 4.2.0, 4.0.0 a 4.0.11 y 3.6.0 a 3.6.19 permite la denegación de servicio mediante inyección de paquetes o archivo de captura manipulado

This update for wireshark fixes the following issues. Updated to Wireshark 3.6.20. Fixed a crash in the GVCP dissector. Fixed a crash in the IEEE 1609.2 dissector.

*Credits: Han Zheng

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

Poc

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-01-03 CVE Reserved
2024-01-03 CVE Published
2025-04-15 EPSS Updated
2025-06-03 CVE Updated
2025-06-03 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19501	2025-06-03

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-02.html	2024-01-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				>= 3.6.0 <= 3.6.19 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version " >= 3.6.0 <= 3.6.19"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				>= 4.0.0 <= 4.0.11 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version " >= 4.0.0 <= 4.0.11"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				4.2.0 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "4.2.0"		-		Affected