Description
USB HID protocol dissector memory exhaustion in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.3 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.13 allows denial of service
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Various Sources
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2026-05.html
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
permissions-required
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/20972
Scores
CVSS v3
4.7
EPSS
0.0018
EPSS Percentile
8.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-1325
CWE-770
Status
published
Products (3)
wireshark/wireshark
4.4.0 - 4.4.14
Wireshark Foundation/Wireshark
4.4.0 - 4.4.14
Wireshark Foundation/Wireshark
4.6.0 - 4.6.4
Published
Feb 25, 2026
Tracked Since
Feb 25, 2026