---
id: CVE-2026-76887
title: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Wireshark
summary: >-
  Crash in the Wireshark dissection engine in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18
  allows denial of service
severity: low
cvss: 3.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-122
vendor: Wireshark Foundation
product: Wireshark
affected:
  - Wireshark >= 4.6.0 < 4.6.8
  - Wireshark >= 4.4.0 < 4.4.18
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-08-20T15:02:31.190590Z'
published: '2026-08-19'
updated: '2026-09-17'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-17T18:46:16.633Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-76887'
references:
  - url: 'https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2026-69.html'
  - url: 'https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/work_items/21423'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00176
epssPercentile: 0.07347
ingestedAt: '2026-09-17T19:26:25.342Z'
---

## Overview

Crash in the Wireshark dissection engine in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service

## Affected

- `Wireshark >= 4.6.0 < 4.6.8`
- `Wireshark >= 4.4.0 < 4.4.18`

## Remediation

Upgrade to version 4.6.8 or above