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Medium · 6.4 CVE-2024-4854 EUVD-2024-44432GHSA-6w7h-3cwx-m3mp

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') in Wireshark

Published May 14, 2024 · Updated Mar 27, 2026 · Assigned by GitLab

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark 4.2.0 – < 4.2.5, 4.0.0 – < 4.0.15, 3.6.0 – < 3.6.23 4.2.5

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 wireshark 4.2.5-1 —
Debian 13 wireshark 4.2.5-1 —
Debian 12 wireshark 4.0.17-0+deb12u1 —
Debian 11 wireshark 3.4.16-0+deb11u1 DLA-3906-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS wireshark No fix yet —
Show 5 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS wireshark No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS wireshark No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS wireshark No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS wireshark No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS wireshark No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 wireshark 3.6.23-150000.3.115.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2265-1, SUSE-SU-2024:1865-1
SLES 15 SP5 wireshark 3.6.23-150000.3.115.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1865-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed wireshark 4.2.5-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:13978-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 wireshark 3.6.23-150600.18.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2265-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 wireshark 3.6.23-150000.3.115.1 SUSE-SU-2024:1865-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 wireshark 4.2.5-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 wireshark 4.2.5-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 wireshark 4.2.5-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 wireshark 4.2.5-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 wireshark 4.2.5-r0 —
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 wireshark 4.0.15-r0 —

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 wireshark-cli +1 1:4.0.15-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2024-673

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 wireshark 4.4.7-1 —
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) wireshark No fix yet —

Advisories 6

References