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Wireshark CVE-2025-5601

| EUVDEUVD-2025-16867 HIGH
Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120)
2025-06-04 cve@gitlab.com
Denial Of Service Red Hat Wireshark Suse
7.8
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
CWE-120
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2021 - Vulnerable and Outdated Components
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Buffer copy size validation
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Execution

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Impact

CVSS 7.8. EPSS 0.0%. Public PoC/exploit available. No patch confirmed.
Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability in Column handling crashes in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.6 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.12 to compromise the security of affected deployments, potentially impacting confidentiality, integrity, or availability.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.0% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Mar 14, 2026

A denial of service vulnerability in Column handling crashes in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.6 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.12 (CVSS 7.8) that allows denial of service. Risk factors: public PoC available.

Earlier versions of this analysis (1)
v1 Mar 14, 2026 - 17:29 CVSS 7.8

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

RemediationAI

Monitor vendor channels for patch availability. Consider network segmentation to limit exposure if patching is delayed.

Affected VersionsENISA

Wireshark 4.2.0 <4.2.13
Wireshark 4.4.0 <4.4.7

Affected Packages

euvd wireshark fix: 4.2.13, 4.4.7

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

CWE-120 (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS 7.8 indicates high severity. Affects Column handling crashes in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.6 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.12.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 7.8 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu MEDIUM
SUSE HIGH
Red Hat 6.5 MEDIUM

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Patch released
Mar 31, 2026 - 21:13 nvd
Patch available
PoC Detected
Nov 21, 2025 - 18:26 vuln.today
Public exploit code
CVE Published
Jun 04, 2025 - 11:15 nvd
HIGH 7.8

DescriptionCVE.org

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

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Why It Matters

Wireshark versions 4.2.0-4.2.12 and 4.4.0-4.4.6 are vulnerable to denial of service attacks through malicious packet injection or crafted capture files, potentially disrupting network monitoring and incident response capabilities. Organizations relying on Wireshark for network analysis, threat detection, or compliance activities face service interruption risks, and the public availability of exploits increases attack probability.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

Isolate Wireshark instances to air-gapped or restricted network segments; disable packet capture from untrusted sources; implement strict access controls limiting Wireshark usage to authorized analysts only; validate and sanitize capture files before analysis; deploy alternative network monitoring tools (Zeek, Suricata) for critical monitoring functions; monitor for malicious packet injection attempts at network perimeter; establish process to only process capture files from trusted, verified sources.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.0%
Top 85% exploitable
Exploit
POC
Public exploit code exists
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium
EUVD NVD CVE.org EPSS Vendor

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC Yes
EPSS 0.0%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
Poc
System Exposure· derived
Small
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact
High

Priority Score

59
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +39
PoC: +20
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Denial of Service MEDIUM

Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.

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Same weakness CWE-120 – Classic Buffer Overflow

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8.8
CVE-2012-0507 CRITICAL POC
9.8
CVE-2014-1761 HIGH POC
7.8
CVE-2015-5122 CRITICAL POC
9.8
CVE-2011-0609 HIGH POC
7.8

Vendor StatusVendor

Ubuntu

Priority: Medium
wireshark
Release Status Version
trusty needs-triage -
xenial needs-triage -
bionic needs-triage -
focal needs-triage -
jammy needs-triage -
noble needs-triage -
upstream needs-triage -
oracular ignored end of life, was needs-triage
questing needs-triage -
plucky ignored end of life, was needs-triage

Debian

Bug #1107515
wireshark
Release Status Fixed Version Urgency
bullseye fixed 3.4.16-0+deb11u2 -
bullseye (security) fixed 3.4.16-0+deb11u2 -
bookworm vulnerable 4.0.17-0+deb12u1 -
bookworm (security) vulnerable 4.0.11-1~deb12u1 -
trixie fixed 4.4.14-0+deb13u1 -
trixie (security) fixed 4.4.13-0+deb13u1 -
forky, sid fixed 4.6.4-1 -
experimental fixed 4.4.7-0exp1 -
(unstable) fixed 4.4.7-1 -
DLA-4479-1

SUSE

Severity: High
Product Status
Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production Image SLES12-SP5-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production Affected
Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production Image SLES15-SP5-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS Image SLES15-SP5-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production Image SLES15-SP5-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS Image SLES15-SP5-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production Affected
Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS Image SLES15-SP6-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production Affected
Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-EC2 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 Fixed

References

Advisories & patches
ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5601 ADVISORY https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/dla-4479-1 ADVISORY https://www.suse.com/support/update/SUSE-SU-2025:01968/ ADVISORY https://www.suse.com/support/update/SUSE-SU-2025:02271/ ADVISORY https://www.suse.com/support/update/SUSE-SU-2025:02272/ ADVISORY https://www.suse.com/support/update/SUSE-SU-2026:1169/ ADVISORY https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2025-02.html

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