CVE-2024-4853 Mismatched Memory Management Routines in editcap
Attackers can cause denial of service in Wireshark's editcap tool by providing a crafted capture file that triggers mismatched memory management routines.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-4853?
CVE-2024-4853 is a low-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 14 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Memory handling issue in editcap could cause denial of service via crafted capture file
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4853?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (1)
wireshark SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 | All versions | 2.4.16-48.60.1 |
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2024-4853?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2024-4853 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4853 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as AZL-43498, AZL-44073, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-4853, GHSA-7xxh-v6v3-qwgx, SUSE-SU-2025:1522-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-4853.