CVE-2026-76883

A flaw was found in Wireshark. A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists within the Catapult DCT2000 file parser. This vulnerability could allow a local attacker to trigger a crash, leading to a denial of service, by enticing a user to open a specially crafted file.

A flaw was found in the Catapult DCT2000 file parser in Wireshark versions 4.4.0 through 4.4.17 and 4.6.0 through 4.6.7. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7, 8, and 9 ship Wireshark versions prior to the affected range and are not vulnerable. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and Red Hat In-Vehicle OS ship an affected version of Wireshark.

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.

Do not open untrusted packet capture files or capture traffic from untrusted networks with Wireshark.