Crash in sharkd in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service

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Solution

Upgrade to version 4.6.8 or above


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History

Thu, 20 Aug 2026 01:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Wireshark
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Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:00:00 +0000

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Description Crash in sharkd in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service
Title Expired Pointer Dereference in Wireshark
Weaknesses CWE-825
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-19T22:46:40.525Z

Reserved: 2026-08-19T22:35:19.932Z

Link: CVE-2026-76891

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-19T23:16:20.243

Modified: 2026-08-19T23:16:20.243

Link: CVE-2026-76891

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-20T00:45:06Z

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