CVE-2025-13499 — Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Foundation Wireshark

CWE-824 — Access of Uninitialized Pointer6 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
CNA7.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.47%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Wireshark Foundation WiresharkWireshark
Timeline
PublishedNov 21

Description

Kafka dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.10 allows denial of service

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDwireshark/wireshark4.4.0 — 4.4.11+1
▶CVEListV5wireshark_foundation/wireshark4.4.0 — 4.4.11+1
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 3.4.16-0+deb11u2+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-6fqw-rh3v-4vph: Kafka dissector crash in Wireshark 4↗2025-11-21
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OSV
CVE-2025-13499: Kafka dissector crash in Wireshark 4↗2025-11-21
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CVEList
Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Wireshark↗2025-11-21
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Wireshark↗2025-11-21
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Debian
CVE-2025-13499: wireshark - Kafka dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.10 allows denial of se...↗2025
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