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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-26419

Memory leak in the dissection engine in Wireshark 3.4.0 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file.

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1 Nov 2026, 08:53 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-26419

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Dec 2020, 19:15 UTC

Memory leak in the dissection engine in Wireshark 3.4.0 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file.

osv:CVE-2020-26419
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-26419",
  "method": "structured",
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    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "references": [
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        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YHWDZPWQJMLK64VFDWJC5SEGPNH6Y72Z/",
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2020/CVE-2020-26419.json",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-12",
        "https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-19.html",
        "https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/17032",
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