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CVE-2025-1492: Uncontrolled Recursion in Wireshark

7.8 CVSS

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

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-1492

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.8

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor: Wireshark Foundation

Product: Wireshark

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.02% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 3.25% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-03-21 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2025-01.html
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/20373

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