Denial of Service Vulnerability in Wireshark by The Wireshark Foundation
CVE-2025-1492

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Wireshark
Status
Wireshark
Vendor
CVE Published:
20 February 2025

Summary

A vulnerability exists in Wireshark, specifically within the Bundle Protocol and CBOR dissectors. This flaw can lead to a Denial of Service condition due to crashes when processing specially crafted packet data or capture files. Users running Wireshark versions 4.4.0 through 4.4.3 and 4.2.0 through 4.2.10 are particularly at risk. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability through malicious packet injection, which may disrupt service and hinder network analysis capabilities.

Affected Version(s)

Wireshark 4.4.0 < 4.4.4

Wireshark 4.2.0 < 4.2.11

References

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2025-01.html
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/20373
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

OSS-Fuzz
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