Medium
Improperly Controlled Sequential Memory Allocation in Wireshark
USB HID protocol dissector infinite loop and memory leak in 4.6.0 to 4.6.8 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service
Announced Source revision 1
Original source ↗CVE-2026-96421
Primary source · Revision 1
Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.
Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-96421
Wireshark
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"repo": "https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark",
"vendor": "Wireshark Foundation",
"product": "Wireshark",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "4.6.0",
"lessThan": "4.6.9",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "4.4.0",
"lessThan": "4.4.19",
"versionType": "semver"
}
],
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-96421
Source reference:
/cveMetadata/cveId
Publisher severity
medium
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics
- Event
- #3789 · Revision 1
- Added to Heist Feed
- Publisher date