Stack-based Buffer Overflow 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
0.16% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-17906367
  • published9 Jul 2026
  • disclosed8 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-15166  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (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 Stack-based Buffer Overflow in the IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector. An attacker can cause a crash by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted packet capture file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1