Crash in sharkd 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark unaffected
Version Status Constraints
4.6.0 affected < 4.6.5
4.4.0 affected < 4.4.15

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.6.5 or above

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/work_items/21206 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2026-48.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Crash in sharkd 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service
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: 2026-04-30T05:04:10.614Z

Reserved: 2026-04-29T07:34:06.177Z

Link: CVE-2026-7376

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-30T06:16:17.053

Modified: 2026-04-30T06:16:17.053

Link: CVE-2026-7376

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Weaknesses