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CVE-2024-0208

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-0208 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark versions 4.2.0, 4.0.0 through 4.0.11, and 3.6.0 through 3.6.19, stemming from a crash in the GVCP dissector. This flaw can be triggered remotely without authentication via packet injection or by processing a crafted capture file, leading to high availability impact. While rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), there is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.6.0, < 3.6.20CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.0.0, < 4.0.12CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.2.0, < 4.2.1CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 3.6.0, <= 3.6.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.0.0, <= 4.0.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0184 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 19523-17084Fixed in: 4.4.7-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 wireshark 4.4.7-1 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 4.4.7-1

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2024-Jan/CVE-2024-0208Important

Improper Handling of Missing Values in Wireshark

Jan 9, 2024
redhatCVE-2024-0208Moderate

wireshark: GVCP dissector crash via packet injection or crafted capture file

Jan 3, 2024

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/02/msg00016.html
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/34DBP5P2RHQ7XUABPANYYMOGV5KS6VEP
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/MADSCHKZSCKQ5NLIX3UMOIJD2JZ65L4V
gitlab.com / wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19496
ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2024-01.html
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory