Description
Crash in the Wireshark dissection engine in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service
Published: 2026-08-19
Score: 3.1 Low
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Upgrade to version 4.6.8 or above

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History

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wireshark
Wireshark wireshark
Vendors & Products Wireshark
Wireshark wireshark

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:45:00 +0000

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Description Crash in the Wireshark dissection engine in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service
Title Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Wireshark
Weaknesses CWE-122
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

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


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Wireshark Wireshark
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-19T22:35:29.925Z

Reserved: 2026-08-19T22:34:39.934Z

Link: CVE-2026-76887

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-19T23:16:19.677

Modified: 2026-08-19T23:16:19.677

Link: CVE-2026-76887

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Updated: 2026-08-19T23:45:04Z

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