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CVE-2026-7376 (GCVE-0-2026-7376)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-30 05:04 – Updated: 2026-05-06 15:26
VLAI
Title
NULL Pointer Dereference in Wireshark
Summary
Crash in sharkd 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: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-05-05 16:07 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
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
Alexandre de Oliveira
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