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CVE-2026-6535 (GCVE-0-2026-6535)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-30 05:36 – Updated: 2026-04-30 12:31
VLAI
Title
Improperly Controlled Sequential Memory Allocation in Wireshark
Summary
Dissection engine zlib decompression crash 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 · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-30 12:31 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-1325 - Improperly Controlled Sequential Memory Allocation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark Affected: 4.6.0 , < 4.6.5 (semver)
Affected: 4.4.0 , < 4.4.15 (semver)
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Credits
Brendan Coles
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