CVE-2026-5299

MEDIUM

Uncontrolled Recursion in Wireshark

Title source: cna

ICMPv6 PvD protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 2.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vulnrichment

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

CWE

CWE-674

Status published

Products (2)

Wireshark Foundation/Wireshark 4.4.0 - 4.4.15

Wireshark Foundation/Wireshark 4.6.0 - 4.6.5

Published Apr 30, 2026

Tracked Since Apr 30, 2026