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CVE-2026-6537

Wireshark: Wireshark: Denial of Service via ZigBee protocol dissector crash

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · April 30, 2026

Updated · July 3, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in Wireshark. A remote attacker could exploit a vulnerability in the ZigBee protocol dissector by crafting a malicious packet. This could lead to a crash of the Wireshark application, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) for the user.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

To mitigate this issue, users can disable the ZigBee protocol dissector in Wireshark. This can be achieved by navigating to Analyze > Enabled Protocols... and unchecking the 'ZigBee' protocol. Alternatively, users should avoid opening untrusted capture files or analyzing untrusted live network traffic with Wireshark.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-617 · Reachable Assertion