ubuntu-cve-2026-0959
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-01-14 21:15
Modified
2026-04-22 07:57
Summary
Details

IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.2 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.12 allows denial of service

Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libwireshark-data",
            "binary_version": "4.2.2-1.1build3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libwireshark17t64",
            "binary_version": "4.2.2-1.1build3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libwiretap14t64",
            "binary_version": "4.2.2-1.1build3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libwsutil15t64",
            "binary_version": "4.2.2-1.1build3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "tshark",
            "binary_version": "4.2.2-1.1build3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "wireshark",
            "binary_version": "4.2.2-1.1build3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "wireshark-common",
            "binary_version": "4.2.2-1.1build3"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:24.04:LTS",
        "name": "wireshark",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/wireshark@4.2.2-1.1build3?arch=source\u0026distro=noble"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "4.0.8-1",
        "4.0.10-1",
        "4.0.11-1",
        "4.2.0-1",
        "4.2.2-1",
        "4.2.2-1.1build1",
        "4.2.2-1.1build2",
        "4.2.2-1.1build3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libwireshark-data",
            "binary_version": "4.4.7-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libwireshark18",
            "binary_version": "4.4.7-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libwiretap15",
            "binary_version": "4.4.7-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libwsutil16",
            "binary_version": "4.4.7-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "tshark",
            "binary_version": "4.4.7-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "wireshark",
            "binary_version": "4.4.7-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "wireshark-common",
            "binary_version": "4.4.7-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10",
        "name": "wireshark",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/wireshark@4.4.7-1?arch=source\u0026distro=questing"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "4.4.5-1",
        "4.4.6-2",
        "4.4.6-2build1",
        "4.4.7-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.2 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.12 allows denial of service",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-0959",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:57:42Z",
  "published": "2026-01-14T21:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-0959"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-0959"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2026-02.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/merge_requests/23143"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-0959"
  ]
}



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