CVE-2026-3201 (GCVE-0-2026-3201)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-25 14:35 – Updated: 2026-03-27 13:56
VLAI
Title
Improperly Controlled Sequential Memory Allocation in Wireshark
Summary
USB HID protocol dissector memory exhaustion in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.3 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.13 allows denial of service
Severity
4.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-1325 - Improperly Controlled Sequential Memory Allocation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark Affected: 4.6.0 , < 4.6.4 (semver)
Affected: 4.4.0 , < 4.4.14 (semver)
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Credits
齐柯宇 (Qi Kery)
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