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Medium 5.5Published Sep 29, 2026
CVE-2026-96418Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') in Wireshark
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TIFF protocol dissector infinite loop in 4.6.0 to 4.6.8 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.18 allows denial of service
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-835
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- GitLab
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Sep 29, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark wireshark_foundation:wireshark (from the name) | from 4.6.0 before 4.6.9; from 4.4.0 before 4.4.19 | CNA record |
wireshark wireshark wireshark:wireshark | from 4.4.0 before 4.4.19; from 4.6.0 before 4.6.9 | NVD |
References
- https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2026-107.htmlvendor-advisory
- https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/work_items/21565exploit, vendor-advisory
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