CVE-2024-8645

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—Elevated

5.5

SPRT dissector crash in Wireshark 4.2.0 to 4.0.5 and 4.0.0 to 4.0.15 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

CVSS v3: 5.5
EG Score: 5.5(medium)
EPSS: 23.5%
KEV: Not listed

Published

September 10, 2024

Last Modified

November 3, 2025

References (3)

cve@gitlabhttps://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19559
cve@gitlabhttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-10.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2024-8645(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

CVE-2024-8645
Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)Medium
Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Wireshark

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-824Access of Uninitialized Pointer

Data Freshness Timeline

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2024-8645?

CVE-2024-8645 is a medium vulnerability published on September 10, 2024. SPRT dissector crash in Wireshark 4.2.0 to 4.0.5 and 4.0.0 to 4.0.15 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

When was CVE-2024-8645 disclosed?

CVE-2024-8645 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 10, 2024, with the most recent update on November 3, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2024-8645 actively exploited?

CVE-2024-8645 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 23.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-8645?

CVE-2024-8645 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2024-8645?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2024-8645, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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CVE-2024-8645

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