Low
Mismatched Memory Management Routines in editcap
Type: advisorySources: OSV
Memory handling issue in editcap could cause denial of service via crafted capture file
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-4853
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 6 Nov 2026, 00:09 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Mismatched Memory Management Routines in editcap
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 14 May 2024, 00:03 UTC
Memory handling issue in editcap could cause denial of service via crafted capture file
osv:CVE-2024-4853
Complete source record
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