7.5

CVE-2026-15169: wireshark foundation wireshark Heap-based Buffer Overflow

CVSS: 7.5v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-15169DEBIAN-CVE-2026-15169
Published 08-07-2026Last modified 09-07-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-15169 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in wireshark foundation wireshark. EPSS estimates a 0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20.7% 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 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.29%
0%100%
Low · +0.07 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 8
MGASA-2026-0465OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11460-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21534-1SUSE-SU-2026:23124-1SUSE-SU-2026:23147-1SUSE-SU-2026:3501-1

Timeline

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

Description

UMTS FP protocol dissector 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

0.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

21%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.07 pp

From 0.22% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.29%

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