CVE-2026-7379

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Wireshark

State: Published
Severity: 5.5 Medium
Published: Apr 30, 2026
Updated: Apr 30, 2026
Reserved: Apr 29, 2026

Description

Memory leak in sharkd 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service

Scores

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

Weaknesses

CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Affected Products

Product	Versions
WiresharkWireshark Foundation	4.6.0 to before 4.6.5Affected 4.4.0 to before 4.4.15Affected

References

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2026-47.html
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/work_items/21214

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