USB HID protocol dissector memory exhaustion in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.3 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.13 allows denial of service

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-a92f2096cd advisory.

    New version 4.6.4


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-f7473d3da8 advisory.

    New version 4.6.4


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2026:0810-1 advisory.

    This update for wireshark fixes the following issue:

    - CVE-2026-3201: USB HID protocol dissector memory exhaustion (bsc#1258907).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 4.6.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-4.6.4 advisory.

  - RF4CE Profile protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.3 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.13 allows denial of     service (CVE-2026-3203)

  - USB HID protocol dissector memory exhaustion in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.3 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.13 allows denial     of service (CVE-2026-3201)

  - NTS-KE protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.3 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-3202)

  - BLF file parser crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.2 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.12 allows denial of service     (CVE-2026-0961)

  - IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.2 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.12 allows denial of     service (CVE-2026-0959)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 4.6.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-4.6.4 advisory.

  - RF4CE Profile protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.3 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.13 allows denial of     service (CVE-2026-3203)

  - USB HID protocol dissector memory exhaustion in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.3 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.13 allows denial     of service (CVE-2026-3201)

  - NTS-KE protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.3 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-3202)

  - BLF file parser crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.2 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.12 allows denial of service     (CVE-2026-0961)

  - IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.2 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.12 allows denial of     service (CVE-2026-0959)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 4.4.14. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-4.4.14 advisory.

  - RF4CE Profile protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.3 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.13 allows denial of     service (CVE-2026-3203)

  - USB HID protocol dissector memory exhaustion in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.3 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.13 allows denial     of service (CVE-2026-3201)

  - BLF file parser crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.2 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.12 allows denial of service     (CVE-2026-0961)

  - IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.2 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.12 allows denial of     service (CVE-2026-0959)

  - SOME/IP-SD protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.2 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.12 allows denial of     service (CVE-2026-0962)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 4.4.14. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-4.4.14 advisory.

  - RF4CE Profile protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.3 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.13 allows denial of     service (CVE-2026-3203)

  - USB HID protocol dissector memory exhaustion in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.3 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.13 allows denial     of service (CVE-2026-3201)

  - BLF file parser crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.2 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.12 allows denial of service     (CVE-2026-0961)

  - IEEE 802.11 protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.2 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.12 allows denial of     service (CVE-2026-0959)

  - SOME/IP-SD protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.2 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.12 allows denial of     service (CVE-2026-0962)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - USB HID protocol dissector memory exhaustion in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.3 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.13 allows denial     of service (CVE-2026-3201)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
302349	Fedora 42 : wireshark (2026-a92f2096cd)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
302346	Fedora 43 : wireshark (2026-f7473d3da8)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
301300	openSUSE 15 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2026:0810-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
300919	Wireshark 4.6.x < 4.6.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high
300918	Wireshark 4.6.x < 4.6.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high
300917	Wireshark 4.4.x < 4.4.14 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high
300916	Wireshark 4.4.x < 4.4.14 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high
300144	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-3201	Nessus	Misc.	high

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