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CVE-2024-4853Mismatched Memory Management Routines in editcap
- 3.6LowCVSS base score
- 0.42%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 64% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Memory handling issue in editcap could cause denial of service via crafted capture file
Timeline
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By GitLab
Published
- 23 months later
· 23 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitLabCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low3.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.42% · top 64% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.6.
Affected products
Wireshark Foundation · editcap
- affected 4.2.0 – < 4.2.5
- affected 4.0.0 – < 4.0.15
- affected 3.6.0 – < 3.6.23
What to do
Solution: Upgrade to versions 4.2.5 or above.
References
References5
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-08.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- GitLab Issue #19724 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingpermissions-requiredx_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/66H2BSENPSIALF2WIZF7M3QBVWYBMFGW/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7MKFJAZDKXGFFQPRDYLX2AANRNMYZZEZ/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-44431 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2024-4853)Record last updated .