Is CVE-2024-24476 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-24476 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-24476?

CVE-2024-24476 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-24476?

CVE-2024-24476 has an EPSS score of 1.30% (67th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-24476?

Upgrade wireshark to 4.2.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-24476

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A buffer overflow in Wireshark before 4.2.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the pan/addr_resolv.c, and ws_manuf_lookup_str(), size components. NOTE: this is disputed by the vendor because neither release 4.2.0 nor any other release was affected.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

wiresharkNVD

Affected:< 4.2.0Fixed in:4.2.0CVE-2024-24476derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.30%probability of exploitation in 30 days

67thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 67% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Vendor Advisory1

gitlab.com

Third-Party Advisory1

gist.github.com

Mailing List1

lists.fedoraproject.org

Other references1

lists.fedoraproject.org

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-119 (Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-11882	High	7.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-15944	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-0014	High	10.0	97%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-11-04.