Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting wireshark package, versions [4.4.0,4.4.15)[4.6.0,4.6.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-16322819
  • published30 Apr 2026
  • disclosed30 Apr 2026
  • creditAlexandre de Oliveira

Introduced: 30 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-6527  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 4.4.15, 4.6.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Recursion via the ASN.1 PER protocol dissector process. An attacker can cause the application to crash by providing specially crafted input that triggers excessive recursion during protocol dissection.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1