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Wireshark CVE-2026-6525

| EUVD-2026-26785 MEDIUM
NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)
2026-05-02 GitLab
5.5
CVSS 3.1
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CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

6
Patch released
May 04, 2026 - 16:16 nvd
Patch available
Patch available
May 02, 2026 - 13:01 EUVD
Analysis Generated
May 02, 2026 - 12:32 vuln.today
EUVD ID Assigned
May 02, 2026 - 12:00 euvd
EUVD-2026-26785
Analysis Generated
May 02, 2026 - 12:00 vuln.today
CVE Published
May 02, 2026 - 11:33 nvd
MEDIUM 5.5

DescriptionNVD

IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4

AnalysisAI

Wireshark 4.6.0 through 4.6.4 crashes when processing malformed IEEE 802.11 frames due to a null pointer dereference in the protocol dissector. An attacker can trigger denial of service by crafting or replaying a specially malformed wireless packet that causes the dissector to crash when analyzed, rendering packet analysis impossible until the application restarts. …

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CVE-2026-6525 vulnerability details – vuln.today

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