Description
SOME/IP-SD protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.2 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.12 allows denial of service
Published: 2026-01-14
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Denial of Service
Action: Immediate Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

SOME/IP‑SD protocol dissector contains an out-of-bounds write that triggers a crash when Wireshark processes certain packets. The resulting denial of service prevents the application from continuing to capture or analyze traffic, but does not provide remote code execution or data exfiltration. The weakness is identified as CWE‑787.

Affected Systems

Wireshark users running Wireshark Foundation versions 4.6.0 through 4.6.2 or 4.4.0 through 4.4.12 are affected. These versions include the vulnerable dissector implementation. All other versions are presumed unaffected.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 5.3 indicates moderate severity, and the EPSS score of less than 1% suggests a low probability of exploitation. The vulnerability is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Attackers would need to supply a crafted SOME/IP‑SD packet that Wireshark parses; the likely attack vector is a local user or a system that automatically processes network traffic. The impact is limited to availability on the affected host.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 16, 2026 at 18:06 UTC.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to version 4.6.3 or above


OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade Wireshark to version 4.6.3 or later.
  • Apply the upgrade on all hosts that run Wireshark and are used to capture or analyze traffic.
  • Until the upgrade is deployed, avoid opening or analyzing captures that may contain SOME/IP‑SD traffic, or limit Wireshark to only trusted traffic sources.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 16, 2026 at 18:06 UTC.

Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6124-1 wireshark security update
History

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Thu, 15 Jan 2026 08:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wireshark
Wireshark wireshark
Vendors & Products Wireshark
Wireshark wireshark

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 14 Jan 2026 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description SOME/IP-SD protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.2 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.12 allows denial of service
Title Out-of-bounds Write in Wireshark
Weaknesses CWE-787
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Subscriptions

Wireshark Wireshark
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-27T13:56:59.374Z

Reserved: 2026-01-14T20:14:11.634Z

Link: CVE-2026-0962

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-14T21:11:14.667Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-01-14T21:15:53.217

Modified: 2026-01-21T16:27:02.307

Link: CVE-2026-0962

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-01-14T20:23:38Z

Links: CVE-2026-0962 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-16T18:15:43Z

Weaknesses