CVE-2024-8250

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.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.31% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 24.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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.

Published

2024-08-28 23:30Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-03-27 13:56Z7 MO AGO

Reserved

2024-08-27

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

• CWE-825Expired Pointer DereferenceBase
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

a195166e3613e40ffe1e4e0f2bbb9da926ee1a048b41950d39952eec81356106

• www.wireshark.orghttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-11.html
• gitlab.comGitLab Issue #19943https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19943issue-trackingpermissions-required
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html