Description
ASN.1 PER protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service
Published: 2026-04-30
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to version 4.6.5 or above

Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6249-1 wireshark security update
History

Mon, 04 May 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-193
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Fri, 01 May 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wireshark
Wireshark wireshark
Vendors & Products Wireshark
Wireshark wireshark

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description ASN.1 PER protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service
Title Uncontrolled Recursion in Wireshark
Weaknesses CWE-674
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Subscriptions

Wireshark Wireshark
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-30T15:19:37.482Z

Reserved: 2026-04-17T15:05:47.696Z

Link: CVE-2026-6527

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-30T15:00:45.602Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-04-30T07:16:39.890

Modified: 2026-05-01T19:28:51.470

Link: CVE-2026-6527

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-04-30T05:35:29Z

Links: CVE-2026-6527 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-04T14:00:20Z

Weaknesses