IEEE 802.11 Protocol Dissector DoS in Wireshark

Publication date: 2026-07-08

Last updated on: 2026-07-08

Assigner: GitLab Inc.

Description

IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.6 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.16 allows denial of service

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Published

2026-07-08

Last Modified

2026-07-08

Generated

2026-07-09

AI Q&A

2026-07-09

EPSS Evaluated

N/A

NVD

CVE-2026-15166

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
wireshark	wireshark	From 4.6.0 (inc) to 4.6.6 (inc)
wireshark	wireshark	From 4.4.0 (inc) to 4.4.16 (inc)

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Exploitability

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CWE ID	Description
CWE-121	A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a crash in the IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector component of Wireshark versions 4.6.0 to 4.6.6 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.16. It allows an attacker to cause the application to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Impact Analysis

The impact of this vulnerability is a denial of service condition. An attacker could exploit this flaw to crash Wireshark, disrupting its normal operation and potentially causing loss of monitoring or analysis capabilities.

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