Wireshark GSM RP Dissector DoS 4.44.6.x
CVE-2026-6870 Published on April 30, 2026
Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Wireshark
GSM RP protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-6870 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. Public availability of a proof of concept (POC) exploit exists for CVE-2026-6870. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
Access of Uninitialized Pointer
The program accesses or uses a pointer that has not been initialized.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-6870
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Affected Versions
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark:- Version 4.6.0 and below 4.6.5 is affected.
- Version 4.4.0 and below 4.4.15 is affected.