CVE-2024-0211
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') in Wireshark
02 Description
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') in Wireshark
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 45.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2024-01-03 07:31Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-03-27 13:56Z7 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2024-01-03
- Assigning CNA
- GitLab
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 05d5ac72c745fd3ccdbfbfa9b321fcf931055022ee935bd7a0924baafbe13a59
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.wireshark.orghttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-05.html
- gitlab.comGitLab Issue #19557https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19557
- lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html
07 Remediation
Upgrade to versions 4.2.0 or above.
08 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wireshark Fixed in 4.0.17-0+deb12u1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wireshark Fixed in 4.2.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wireshark Fixed in 4.2.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- wireshark No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- wireshark No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- wireshark No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- wireshark No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS
- wireshark No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.