RDP protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service and possible code execution

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Solution

Upgrade to version 4.6.5 or above


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History

Fri, 01 May 2026 01:30:00 +0000

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Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:30:00 +0000

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Description RDP protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service and possible code execution
Title Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Wireshark
Weaknesses CWE-122
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitLab

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-30T23:03:53.654Z

Reserved: 2026-04-02T06:33:26.681Z

Link: CVE-2026-5405

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-01T00:16:24.963

Modified: 2026-05-01T00:16:24.963

Link: CVE-2026-5405

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-01T01:15:05Z

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