CVE-2026-96422

A flaw was found in Wireshark. This vulnerability allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by injecting crafted network packets or convincing a user to open a malicious packet capture file. An assertion failure within the Frame protocol metadissector triggers an unexpected application crash when processing the malformed input.

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 for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.