CVE-2025-5601 (GCVE-0-2025-5601)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-04 10:30 – Updated: 2025-06-04 13:14
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Title
Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') in Wireshark
Summary
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
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark Affected: 4.4.0 , < 4.4.7 (semver)
Affected: 4.2.0 , < 4.2.13 (semver)
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