Bug 2543021 (CVE-2026-96422)

Summary: CVE-2026-96422 wireshark: Reachable Assertion in Wireshark
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Version: unspecifiedCC: rhel-process-autobot, watson-tool-maintainers
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A flaw was found in Wireshark. This vulnerability allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by injecting crafted network packets or convincing a user to open a malicious packet capture file. An assertion failure within the Frame protocol metadissector triggers an unexpected application crash when processing the malformed input.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-29 09:41:31 UTC
Frame protocol metadissector crash in 4.6.0 to 4.6.8 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service