Critical Wireshark Vulnerabilities Let Attackers Execute Arbitrary Code Via Malformed Packets

Wireshark released version 4.6.5 to fix over 40 vulnerabilities—ranging from crashes and infinite loops to multiple potential remote code execution issues in TLS, RDP, SBC, and profile import components, plus decompression engine flaws—affecting many protocol dissectors; users and organizations (especially those running Wireshark with elevated privileges or in automated capture pipelines) are strongly advised to update immediately.