Wireshark 4.6.0-4.6.7 & 4.4.0-4.4.18 Sharkd Crash for DoS
CVE-2026-76891 Published on August 19, 2026
Expired Pointer Dereference in Wireshark
Crash in sharkd in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-76891 can be exploited with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a small impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Dangling pointer Vulnerability?
The program dereferences a pointer that contains a location for memory that was previously valid, but is no longer valid. When a program releases memory, but it maintains a pointer to that memory, then the memory might be re-allocated at a later time. If the original pointer is accessed to read or write data, then this could cause the program to read or modify data that is in use by a different function or process. Depending on how the newly-allocated memory is used, this could lead to a denial of service, information exposure, or code execution.
CVE-2026-76891 has been classified to as a Dangling pointer vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-76891
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Affected Versions
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark:- Version 4.6.0 and below 4.6.8 is affected.
- Version 4.4.0 and below 4.4.18 is affected.