Denial of Service Vulnerability in Wireshark by The Wireshark Project

CVE-2025-13945

What is CVE-2025-13945?

A vulnerability exists in the HTTP3 dissector of Wireshark versions 4.6.0 and 4.6.1 that can lead to a crash, potentially enabling denial of service conditions. By exploiting this issue, malicious individuals may disrupt network traffic analysis and hinder the functionality of Wireshark, which is critical for effective protocol analysis and network troubleshooting. Users are advised to be aware of this vulnerability and consider updating to a patched version to maintain operational integrity.

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