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CVE-2025-1492

Uncontrolled Recursion in Wireshark

Severity Score

7.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track
*SSVC
Descriptions

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

*Credits: OSS-Fuzz
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2025-02-19 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-02-20 CVE Published
  • 2025-02-20 CVE Updated
  • 2025-04-11 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Wireshark Foundation
Search vendor "Wireshark Foundation"
 Wireshark
Search vendor "Wireshark Foundation" for product "Wireshark"
 >= 4.4.0 < 4.4.4
Search vendor "Wireshark Foundation" for product "Wireshark" and version " >= 4.4.0 < 4.4.4"
en
Affected
Wireshark Foundation
Search vendor "Wireshark Foundation"
 Wireshark
Search vendor "Wireshark Foundation" for product "Wireshark"
 >= 4.2.0 < 4.2.11
Search vendor "Wireshark Foundation" for product "Wireshark" and version " >= 4.2.0 < 4.2.11"
en
Affected