CVE-2026-95386

wireshark: wireshark: Denial of Service via infinite loop in TTL file parser

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · September 29, 2026

Updated · September 29, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in Wireshark. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted TTL file, an attacker can trigger an infinite loop in the file parser. This issue causes the application to hang or become unresponsive, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

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

CWE-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')