Denial of Service Vulnerability in Wireshark RF4CE Protocol Dissector
CVE-2026-96417

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wireshark
Status
Wireshark
Vendor
CVE Published:
29 September 2026

What is CVE-2026-96417?

A denial of service vulnerability exists in the RF4CE protocol dissector of Wireshark versions 4.4.0 to 4.6.8. This issue may cause the application to crash upon processing maliciously crafted RF4CE packets, resulting in service disruptions. Users are advised to update to the latest version of Wireshark to mitigate this risk.

Affected Version(s)

Wireshark 4.6.0 < 4.6.9

Wireshark 4.4.0 < 4.4.19

References

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2026-104.html
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/work_items/21574

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative
.