CVE-2026-6526

April 30, 2026, 3:10 p.m.

5.5
Medium

Description

RTSP protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Wireshark
  • Wireshark
  • 4.6.0-4.6.4

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference
A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a wireshark wireshark 4.6.0-4.6.4 / / / / / / /

References

https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/work_items/21173
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2026-35.html

Tags

CWE-476
[email protected]
2026-04-30
CVE-2026-6526

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

    • CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Timeline

Published: April 30, 2026, 7:16 a.m.
Last Modified: April 30, 2026, 3:10 p.m.

Status : Undergoing Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

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