CVE-2026-3203

Status: AnalyzedHigh (7.5)—

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

CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base score: 7.5

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.26%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 17
Score date: 10/5/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access60 %
Primary impactT1499 Endpoint Denial of Serviceimpact55 %

Inferred by deterministic rules from the CVSS vector and CWE. Indicative only.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Filter Network Traffic Vulnerability Scanning Privileged Account Management Network Segmentation Limit Access to Resource Over Network Application Isolation and Sandboxing

Affected technologies (1)

Wireshark — Wireshark

CWEs

CWE-126
NVD-CWE-noinfo

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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