Out-of-bounds Read 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% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-19427468
  • published29 Aug 2026
  • disclosed20 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-76882  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (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 Read in the Bluetooth Attribute Protocol dissector process. An attacker can cause the application to crash by injecting specially crafted Bluetooth packets during packet analysis.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1