AFP Spotlight protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service

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Solution

Upgrade to version 4.6.5 or above


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Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:15:00 +0000

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Description AFP Spotlight protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service
Title Uncontrolled Recursion in Wireshark
Weaknesses CWE-674
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-30T13:00:48.178Z

Reserved: 2026-04-02T06:33:06.811Z

Link: CVE-2026-5401

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-30T13:00:26.423Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-04-30T07:16:37.720

Modified: 2026-04-30T15:10:10.430

Link: CVE-2026-5401

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-30T13:45:23Z

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