CVE-2026-76917

A flaw was found in Wireshark. A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists within the Bluetooth Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) protocol dissector. This flaw can be triggered by a local user processing a specially crafted Bluetooth AVRCP packet, which requires user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to a crash of the Wireshark application, resulting in a denial of service.

A heap-based buffer overflow was found in the Bluetooth AVRCP dissector 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.

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