Use After Free Affecting wireshark package, versions [4.6.0,4.6.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-16322818
  • published30 Apr 2026
  • disclosed30 Apr 2026
  • credithuangqiangxiong

Introduced: 30 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-5655  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 4.6.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free via the SDP protocol dissector process. An attacker can cause the application to crash by providing specially crafted network packets.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1