High severity · published Feb 20, 2025
CVE-2025-1492
Uncontrolled Recursion in Wireshark
7.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Bundle Protocol and CBOR dissector crashes in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.3 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.10 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 23% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WI
Wireshark · Wireshark Foundation
4.4.0 before 4.4.4; 4.2.0 before 4.2.11 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-1492
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1492
Issue Tracking
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/20373
Vendor Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2025-01.html
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