CVE-2024-4854 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') in Wireshark

Medium 6.4 Published Updated

Attackers can cause Wireshark to hang via infinite loops in MONGO and ZigBee dissectors by injecting packets or providing crafted capture files.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2024-4854?

CVE-2024-4854 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 14 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

MONGO and ZigBee TLV dissector infinite loops in Wireshark 4.2.0 to 4.2.4, 4.0.0 to 4.0.14, and 3.6.0 to 3.6.22 allow denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Weakness: CWE-835

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4854?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Wireshark Wireshark.

How do I fix CVE-2024-4854?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2024-4854 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4854 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as AZL-42518, AZL-42564, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-4854, GHSA-6w7h-3cwx-m3mp, OESA-2024-1725, OESA-2024-1726 and 2 more.

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