vulnerability

Wireshark : CVE-2020-26419 : Multiple dissector memory leak

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Dec 11, 2020
Added
Dec 21, 2020
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

Memory leak in the dissection engine in Wireshark 3.4.0 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file.

Solution

wireshark-upgrade-3_4_1
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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