High
NULL Pointer Dereference in Wireshark
Type: advisorySources: OSV
IEEE 1609.2 dissector crash in Wireshark 4.2.0, 4.0.0 to 4.0.11, and 3.6.0 to 3.6.19 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-0209
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 04:21 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
IEEE 1609.2 dissector crash in Wireshark 4.2.0, 4.0.0 to 4.0.11, and 3.6.0 to 3.6.19 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
osv:CVE-2024-0209
Complete source record
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"title": "NULL Pointer Dereference in Wireshark",
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"modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:49.611123063Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html",
"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-02.html",
"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/0xxx/CVE-2024-0209.json",
"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0209",
"https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19501"
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