High severity · published Feb 20, 2025
CVE-2025-1492
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
7.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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
4.2.0 through 4.2.10; 4.4.0 through 4.4.3 · source: 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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