CVE-2024-9780 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Wireshark version 4.4.0, specifically within its ITS dissector. An attacker can trigger a crash by injecting malicious packets or providing a specially crafted capture file. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability requires local access and user interaction (UI:R) to exploit, leading to high availability impact (A:H) but no confidentiality or integrity compromise. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.4.0, < 4.4.1CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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