Use of Uninitialized Variable Affecting wireshark package, versions [4.4.0,4.4.17)[4.6.0,4.6.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-17906371
  • published9 Jul 2026
  • disclosed9 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-15168  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-457  (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 Use of Uninitialized Variable in the BLF file parser. An attacker can access sensitive information by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1