CVE-2025-5601

Column handling crashes in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.6 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.12 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/20509	Exploit Issue Tracking
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2025-02.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-06-04 11:15

Updated : 2025-11-21 18:26

NVD link : CVE-2025-5601

Mitre link : CVE-2025-5601

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-5601

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wireshark

wireshark

CWE

CWE-120

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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