Out-of-bounds Write Affecting wireshark package, versions [4.4.0,4.4.18)[4.6.0,4.6.8)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-19427460
  • published29 Aug 2026
  • disclosed20 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-76920  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 4.4.18, 4.6.8 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write in the 3gpp phone log file parser. An attacker can cause a crash and disrupt service by providing a specially crafted log file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1