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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

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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2024-9781
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 13:12 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Improper Handling of Missing Values in Wireshark

core-osv · Original source

Published 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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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9781",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "Improper Handling of Missing Values in Wireshark",
    "summary": "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",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-9781",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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      "metrics": [
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          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
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      ],
      "affected": [
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            "wireshark-4.2.4",
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            "wireshark-4.2.0",
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:35.339659244Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-13.html",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/9xxx/CVE-2024-9781.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9781",
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      ],
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      }
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        "value": "CVE-2024-9781",
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 502927,
  "published_at": "2024-10-10T06:30:54.729+00:00"
}