Vulnerability · Published Aug 19, 2026 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2026-76923Out-of-bounds Read in Wireshark

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity out-of-bounds read in Wireshark from Wireshark Foundation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 96.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Bluetooth HFP Profile protocol dissector crash in 4.6.0 to 4.6.7 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12wiresharkno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-76923
Debian:13wireshark4.4.18-0+deb13u1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-76923
Debian:14wireshark4.6.9-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-76923
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSwiresharkno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-76923
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSwiresharkno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-76923
Ubuntu:26.10wiresharkno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-76923

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark 4.6.0 – before 4.6.84.4.0 – before 4.4.18

Weakness: CWE-125 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References