High
Improper Handling of Missing Values in Wireshark
Type: advisorySources: OSV
AppleTalk and RELOAD Framing dissector crash in Wireshark 4.4.0 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.7 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-9781
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 13:12 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Improper Handling of Missing Values in Wireshark
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 10 Oct 2024, 06:30 UTC
AppleTalk and RELOAD Framing dissector crash in Wireshark 4.4.0 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.7 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
osv:CVE-2024-9781
Complete source record
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