SB20260114186 - Multiple DoS vulnerabilities in Wireshark
Published: January 14, 2026 Updated: February 12, 2026
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 4 vulnerabilities.
1) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-0960)
CWE-ID: CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in HTTP3 dissector. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-0962)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in SOME/IP-SD dissector. A remote attacker can send specially crafted input via the network monitored with Wireshark and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
3) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-0959)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in IEEE 802.11 dissector. A remote attacker can send specially crafted input via the network monitored with Wireshark and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
4) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-0961)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in BLF file parser. A remote attacker can send specially crafted input via the network monitored with Wireshark and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2026-04.html
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/20944
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2026-03.html
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/20945
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2026-02.html
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/20939
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2026-01.html
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/20880