Bug 2543026 (CVE-2026-96416)

Summary: CVE-2026-96416 wireshark: Wireshark: Denial of Service via malformed IEEE 802.11 packet processing
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: rhel-process-autobot, watson-tool-maintainers
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A flaw was found in Wireshark. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by convincing a user to open a specially crafted packet capture file or by injecting malformed IEEE 802.11 wireless network traffic. Processing these invalid packets causes an application crash in the protocol dissector, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-29 09:43:02 UTC
IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector crash in 4.6.0 to 4.6.8 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service