# CVE-2024-24479: A Buffer Overflow in Wireshark before 4.2.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the wsutil/to\_str.c, and format\_fracti

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-02-21 · Updated: 2025-11-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

A Buffer Overflow in Wireshark before 4.2.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the wsutil/to_str.c, and format_fractional_part_nsecs components. NOTE: this is disputed by the vendor because neither release 4.2.0 nor any other release was affected.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/wireshark/wireshark/commit/c3720cff158c265dec2a0c6104b1d65954ae6bfd
- https://gist.github.com/1047524396/c50ad17e9a1a18990043a7cd27814c78
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZT2BX7UARZVVWKITSZMHW7BHXGIKRSR2/

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