IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4

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Solution

Upgrade to version 4.6.5 or above


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History

Sat, 02 May 2026 13:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Wireshark
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Vendors & Products Wireshark
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Sat, 02 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000

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Description IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4
Title NULL Pointer Dereference in Wireshark
Weaknesses CWE-476
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-02T11:33:33.147Z

Reserved: 2026-04-17T15:05:37.692Z

Link: CVE-2026-6525

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-02T12:16:16.887

Modified: 2026-05-02T12:16:16.887

Link: CVE-2026-6525

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-02T13:30:43Z

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