CVE-2024-4853 | Mismatched Memory Management Routines in editcap

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Memory handling issue in editcap could cause denial of service via crafted capture file

Published: 2024-05-14 Last update: 2025-11-03 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-4853 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2024-4853

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-4853

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-21 0.04% 0.06% +0.01%
2 2025-11-18 0.06% 0.04% -0.01%
3 2025-11-04 — 0.06% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-4853

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.6 3.1 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
 1.0 2.5 [email protected]
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-4853

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-4853

vendor priority summary link
alpine low CVE-2024-4853: 1 source package rows (wireshark); 5 state rows across 5 repos (3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 5, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-4853
debian unimportant CVE-2024-4853 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (wireshark), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-4853
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-4853
suse medium CVE-2024-4853 severity moderate: SUSE including 34 source package names (libwireshark15-3.6.23-150000.3.115.1, libwireshark15-3.6.23-150600.18.3.1, …), 120 product×package rows across 32 product lines (Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production, Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production, … (32 product lines)): Fixed 120. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-4853/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-4853 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (wireshark), 11 status rows across 11 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): needed 6, not-affected 3, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-4853

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-4853

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
wireshark wireshark >= 3.6.0, < 3.6.23 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wireshark wireshark >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.15 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wireshark wireshark >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 39 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 40 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-4853

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