CVE-2026-15173 PUBLISHED

Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Wireshark

Assigner: GitLab
Reserved: 08.07.2026 Published: 08.07.2026 Updated: 09.07.2026

pcapng file parser crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.6 allows denial of service

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 4.7

Product Status

Vendor Wireshark Foundation
Product Wireshark
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 (excl.)

Solutions

Upgrade to version 4.6.7 or above

Credits

  • Mitchell Benjamin finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow CWE