CVE-2025-5601 — Classic Buffer Overflow in Foundation Wireshark

CWE-120 — Classic Buffer OverflowCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write6 documents6 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
CNA7.8
EPSS
0.1%
top 66.11%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Wireshark Foundation WiresharkWireshark
Timeline
PublishedJun 4

Description

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

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDwireshark/wireshark4.2.0 — 4.2.12+1
▶CVEListV5wireshark_foundation/wireshark4.4.0 — 4.4.7+1
▶Debianwireshark/wireshark< 3.4.16-0+deb11u2+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-fqw2-jpxp-qh8x: Column handling crashes in Wireshark 4↗2025-06-04
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CVEList
Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') in Wireshark↗2025-06-04
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OSV
CVE-2025-5601: Column handling crashes in Wireshark 4↗2025-06-04
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wireshark: Buffer Overflow in Wireshark↗2025-06-04
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Debian
CVE-2025-5601: wireshark - Column handling crashes in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.6 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.12 allows d...↗2025
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