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Status published
High
CVE-2025-13499
Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Wireshark
Vulnerability Description
Kafka dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.10 allows denial of service
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
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Affected Vendor
Wireshark Foundation
View all reports →Affected Software
Wireshark
Vulnerable Versions:
4.6.0, 4.4.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 21st, 2025
Last Modified:
March 27th, 2026
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H