CVE-2026-0960 (GCVE-0-2026-0960)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-14 20:23 – Updated: 2026-01-14 21:15
VLAI?
Title
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') in Wireshark
Summary
HTTP3 protocol dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.2 allows denial of service
Severity ?
4.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark Affected: 4.6.0 , < 4.6.3 (semver)
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Credits
Tom Needham
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