Bug 2392839 (CVE-2025-9817)

Summary: CVE-2025-9817 Wireshark: NULL Pointer Dereference in Wireshark
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A flaw was found in Wireshark’s SSH dissector, caused by a missing NULL check in key exchange parameter handling. This vulnerability can trigger a segmentation fault when processing malformed SSH traffic or crafted capture files, potentially causing the application to crash and resulting in a denial of service.
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Bug Depends On: 2392867, 2392868, 2392869    
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-09-03 08:01:25 UTC
SSH dissector crash in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.8 allows denial of service

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2026-02-02 12:56:45 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:1714 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1714

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2026-02-16 18:42:01 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2026:2763 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2763