Wireshark up to 4.4.18/4.6.8 Dissector denial of service
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability was found in Wireshark up to 4.4.18/4.6.8. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Dissector. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-95387. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Wireshark up to 4.4.18/4.6.8. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Dissector. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
SPDY protocol dissector crash in 4.6.0 to 4.6.8 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service
The advisory is shared at wireshark.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-95387 since 09/22/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.
Upgrading to version 4.4.19 or 4.6.9 eliminates this vulnerability.
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Product
Type
Name
Version
- 4.4.0
- 4.4.1
- 4.4.2
- 4.4.3
- 4.4.4
- 4.4.5
- 4.4.6
- 4.4.7
- 4.4.8
- 4.4.9
- 4.4.10
- 4.4.11
- 4.4.12
- 4.4.13
- 4.4.14
- 4.4.15
- 4.4.16
- 4.4.17
- 4.4.18
- 4.6.0
- 4.6.1
- 4.6.2
- 4.6.3
- 4.6.4
- 4.6.5
- 4.6.6
- 4.6.7
- 4.6.8
License
Website
- Product: https://www.wireshark.org/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
VulDB Vector: 🔒VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.7VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5
VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CNA Base Score: 8.1
CNA Vector (GitLab): 🔒
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Denial of serviceCWE: CWE-404
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒
Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔒
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Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Upgrade: Wireshark 4.4.19/4.6.9
Timeline
09/22/2026 CVE reserved09/29/2026 Advisory disclosed
09/29/2026 VulDB entry created
09/29/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Product: wireshark.orgAdvisory: wireshark.org
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-95387 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-95387
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-411257
Entry
Created: 09/29/2026 11:49Changes: 09/29/2026 11:49 (63)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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