CVE-2026-96421 (GCVE-0-2026-96421)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-29 09:31
Modified
2026-09-29 15:42
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-1325 - Improperly Controlled Sequential Memory Allocation
Summary
USB HID protocol dissector infinite loop and memory leak in 4.6.0 to 4.6.8 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark Version: 4.6.0   ≤
Version: 4.4.0   ≤
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