Vulnerability · Published May 27, 2026 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2026-9759NULL Pointer Dereference in Wireshark

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity null pointer dereference 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 0% 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 99.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

ROHC protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.5 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.15 allows denial of service

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12wiresharkno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-9759
Debian:13wireshark4.4.16-0+deb13u1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-9759
Debian:14wireshark4.6.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-9759
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSwiresharkno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-9759
Ubuntu:25.10wiresharkno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-9759
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSwiresharkno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-9759
Ubuntu:26.10wiresharkno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-9759

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark 4.6.0 – before 4.6.64.4.0 – before 4.4.16

Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References