CVE-2026-3201 (GCVE-0-2026-3201)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-25 14:35 – Updated: 2026-02-25 14:35
VLAI?
Title
Improperly Controlled Sequential Memory Allocation in Wireshark
Summary
USB HID protocol dissector memory exhaustion in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.3 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.13 allows denial of service
Severity ?
4.7 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-1325 - Improperly Controlled Sequential Memory Allocation
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wireshark Foundation | Wireshark |
Affected:
4.6.0 , < 4.6.4
(semver)
Affected: 4.4.0 , < 4.4.14 (semver) |
Credits
齐柯宇 (Qi Kery)
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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