CVE-2024-8250 HIGH

CVE-2024-8250: Expired Pointer Dereference in Wireshark

Vendor Wireshark Foundation
Product Wireshark
Weakness CWE-825
Published August 28, 2024
Last update March 27, 2026
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CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

NTLMSSP dissector crash in Wireshark 4.2.0 to 4.0.6 and 4.0.0 to 4.0.16 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 28, 2024 CVE published
March 27, 2026 Record updated