CVE-2026-6524 (GCVE-0-2026-6524)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-30 05:34 – Updated: 2026-04-30 15:19
VLAI
Title
Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Wireshark
Summary
MySQL protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-04-30 15:02 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-824 - Access of Uninitialized Pointer
Assigner
GitLab CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 75/100 over 312 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark Affected: 4.6.0 , < 4.6.5 (semver)
Affected: 4.4.0 , < 4.4.15 (semver)
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Credits
Alexandre de Oliveira
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