CVE-2026-6523 (GCVE-0-2026-6523)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-30 05:34 – Updated: 2026-04-30 15:20
VLAI
Title
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') in Wireshark
Summary
GNW protocol dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/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-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark Affected: 4.6.0 , < 4.6.5 (semver)
Affected: 4.4.0 , < 4.4.15 (semver)
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Credits
Sharon Brizinov
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