Infinite loop Affecting wireshark package, versions [4.4.0,4.4.17)[4.6.0,4.6.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-17906366
  • published9 Jul 2026
  • disclosed8 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-15163  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 4.4.17, 4.6.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Infinite loop due to an infinite loop in the protocol dissector process. An attacker can cause the application to become unresponsive by providing specially crafted input files or network traffic.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1