Bug 2464016 (CVE-2026-6524)

Summary: CVE-2026-6524 wireshark: Wireshark: Denial of Service via MySQL protocol dissector crash
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Version: unspecifiedCC: rhel-process-autobot, watson-tool-maintainers
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A flaw was found in Wireshark, a widely used network protocol analyzer. A remote attacker could exploit a vulnerability within the MySQL protocol dissector, the part of the software that interprets MySQL network communications. This could lead to a denial of service, causing the Wireshark application to crash and become unresponsive.
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Bug Depends On: 2464885, 2464886    
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-04-30 07:01:30 UTC
MySQL protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service