CVE-2026-7378

Wireshark: sharkd: Wireshark sharkd: Denial of Service via crash vulnerability

Loading…

Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

Review impact separately from score.

Published · April 30, 2026

Updated · July 3, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in sharkd, a component of Wireshark. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) by triggering a crash in the sharkd process. This can lead to the unavailability of the service.

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

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference