{"id":34424,"date":"2025-05-04T13:01:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T13:01:28","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-05-30T11:17:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T17:17:46","slug":"cve-2024-0209-denial-of-service-vulnerability-in-wireshark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-0209-denial-of-service-vulnerability-in-wireshark\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2024-0209: Denial of Service Vulnerability in Wireshark<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CVE-2024-0209 is a high-risk vulnerability that primarily targets Wireshark, a widely-used network protocol analyzer. This vulnerability affects versions 4.2.0, 4.0.0 to 4.0.11, and 3.6.0 to 3.6.19 of the software, enabling attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) via packet injection or a specifically crafted capture file. Given the extensive use of Wireshark in various industries, including cybersecurity, telecommunications, and IT, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/sap-netweaver-s-critical-vulnerability-a-silent-threat-looming-over-cybersecurity\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39425\">vulnerability poses a significant threat<\/a> that could potentially compromise systems or lead to data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2024-0209<br \/>\nSeverity: High (7.8 CVSS)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: Denial of service, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32857-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-telecontrol-server-basic-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39779\">potential system<\/a> compromise, and data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3712493241\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Wireshark | 4.2.0<br \/>\nWireshark | 4.0.0 to 4.0.11<br \/>\nWireshark | 3.6.0 to 3.6.19<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CVE-2024-0209 exploits a weakness in the IEEE 1609.2 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-0207-wireshark-4-2-0-http3-dissector-crash-causing-denial-of-service\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"40840\">dissector of Wireshark<\/a>. An attacker can craft a specific network packet or capture <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-43958-arbitrary-file-upload-vulnerability-in-hospital-management-system-v4-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39704\">file that when processed by the vulnerable<\/a> versions of Wireshark can cause the software to crash. As Wireshark is often used for network troubleshooting and analysis, this crash can lead to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-0210-denial-of-service-vulnerability-in-wireshark-4-2-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"41124\">denial of service<\/a>, disrupting the network operations. Furthermore, an attacker may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32849-vulnerability-in-telecontrol-server-basic-leads-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39138\">potentially use this vulnerability to compromise the system<\/a> running the Wireshark software or leak sensitive data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2179009863\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>The following conceptual code demonstrates how a malicious network packet might be constructed to exploit this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-40446-arbitrary-code-execution-vulnerability-in-forkosh-mime-tex\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39878\">vulnerability<\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/vulnerable\/wireshark HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/wireshark-capture\n{ &quot;malicious_packet&quot;: &quot;... crafted packet data ...&quot; }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this conceptual example, the &#8220;malicious_packet&#8221; contains the specifically crafted packet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32843-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-telecontrol-server-basic-leading-to-authorization-bypass-and-data-manipulation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39139\">data that would exploit the vulnerability<\/a> in the IEEE 1609.2 dissector, causing a crash in the Wireshark software. The actual content of the malicious packet would depend on the specific details of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24189-memory-corruption-vulnerability-due-to-maliciously-crafted-web-content-in-various-operating-systems\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"51734\">vulnerability<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-2594-critical-vulnerability-in-user-registration-membership-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"40481\">Users of vulnerable<\/a> versions of Wireshark are strongly encouraged to apply the vendor-provided patch to mitigate this vulnerability. In cases where immediate patching is not possible, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can provide temporary mitigation by blocking or alerting on malicious network packets. However, these are interim solutions and updating to a patched version of Wireshark is the recommended course of action to fully resolve this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-2817-system-level-updater-vulnerability-in-thunderbird-s-update-mechanism\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"41083\">vulnerability<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The CVE-2024-0209 is a high-risk vulnerability that primarily targets Wireshark, a widely-used network protocol analyzer. This vulnerability affects versions 4.2.0, 4.0.0 to 4.0.11, and 3.6.0 to 3.6.19 of the software, enabling attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) via packet injection or a specifically crafted capture file. Given the extensive use of Wireshark [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[87],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-34424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-dos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34424"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46297,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34424\/revisions\/46297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34424"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=34424"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=34424"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=34424"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=34424"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=34424"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=34424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}