CVE-2024-11596 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Wireshark versions 4.4.0 to 4.4.1 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.8, caused by an ECMP dissector crash. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) can be triggered locally through packet injection or a crafted capture file, leading to a complete loss of availability for the affected Wireshark instance. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.2.0, < 4.2.9CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 4.4.0, < 4.4.2CPE 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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