Buffer Overflow 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
0.12% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-16325145
  • published1 May 2026
  • disclosed1 May 2026
  • creditBrendan Coles

Introduced: 1 May 2026

CVE-2026-5404  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (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 Buffer Overflow in the K12 RF5 file parser process. An attacker can cause a crash and disrupt service availability by providing a specially crafted file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1