NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting wireshark package, versions [4.4.0,4.4.16)[4.6.0,4.6.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-17111811
  • published31 May 2026
  • disclosed27 May 2026
  • creditArjun Basnet

Introduced: 27 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-9759  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 4.4.16, 4.6.6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in the ROHC protocol dissector. An attacker can cause a crash and disrupt service by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted packet capture file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1