CVE-2025-5601

HIGH

Wireshark < 4.2.12 - Out-of-Bounds Write

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

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

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking issue-tracking permissions-required
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/20509

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 33.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-120 CWE-787
Status published
Products (3)
wireshark/wireshark 4.2.0 - 4.2.12
Wireshark Foundation/Wireshark 4.2.0 - 4.2.13
Wireshark Foundation/Wireshark 4.4.0 - 4.4.7
Published Jun 04, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026