7.5

CVE-2026-15167: wireshark foundation wireshark Stack-based Buffer Overflow

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-15167DEBIAN-CVE-2026-15167
Published 08-07-2026Last modified 09-07-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-15167 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in wireshark foundation wireshark. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
40/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.17%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 8

Timeline

  1. 08-07-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 09-07-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

DBS Etherwatch file parser crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.6 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.16 allows denial of service

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

6%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.17% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.17%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (gitlab.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • wiresharkAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.4.18-0+deb13u1 | < 4.6.9-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • wiresharkAll versions (No fix recorded)
Wireshark1 product
  • wireshark≥ 4.4.0, < 4.4.17 | ≥ 4.6.0, < 4.6.7
Wireshark foundation1 product
  • wireshark≥ 4.6.0, < 4.6.7 | ≥ 4.4.0, < 4.4.17

4 vendors · 4 products

References

5 links