A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Wireshark up to 4.6.4. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component IEEE 802.11 Protocol Dissector. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference.

This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-6525. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.