Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Wireshark

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-8645",
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  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Wireshark",
    "summary": "SPRT dissector crash in Wireshark 4.2.0 to 4.0.5 and 4.0.0 to 4.0.15 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-8645",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:45.277121943Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html",
        "https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-10.html",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/8xxx/CVE-2024-8645.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8645",
        "https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19559"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 513407,
  "published_at": "2024-09-10T10:02:16.798+00:00"
}