7.8

CVE-2025-13499: wireshark foundation wireshark Access of Uninitialized Pointer

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesRHSA-2025:23083RHSA-2025:23142RHSA-2026:0432
Published 21-11-2025Last modified 27-03-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-13499 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Access of Uninitialized Pointer vulnerability in wireshark foundation wireshark. EPSS estimates a 0.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.12%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 5
DLA-4479-1DSA-6124-1MGASA-2026-0184OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20151-1SUSE-SU-2025:4413-1SUSE-SU-2025:4440-1

Timeline

  1. 21-11-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 27-03-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.12%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

2%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.12% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.12%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat6 products
  • wireshark< 1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.1 | < 1:4.4.2-4.el10_1.1 | < 1:3.4.10-8.el9_7.1 | < 1:3.4.10-6.el9_4.1 | < 1:3.4.10-1.el9_0.1 | < 1:3.4.10-4.el9_2.1 | < 1:3.4.10-7.el9_6.1
  • wireshark-cli< 1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.1 | < 1:4.4.2-4.el10_1.1 | < 1:3.4.10-8.el9_7.1 | < 1:3.4.10-6.el9_4.1 | < 1:3.4.10-1.el9_0.1 | < 1:3.4.10-4.el9_2.1 | < 1:3.4.10-7.el9_6.1
  • wireshark-cli-debuginfo< 1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.1 | < 1:4.4.2-4.el10_1.1 | < 1:3.4.10-8.el9_7.1 | < 1:3.4.10-6.el9_4.1 | < 1:3.4.10-1.el9_0.1 | < 1:3.4.10-4.el9_2.1 | < 1:3.4.10-7.el9_6.1
  • wireshark-debuginfo< 1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.1 | < 1:4.4.2-4.el10_1.1 | < 1:3.4.10-8.el9_7.1 | < 1:3.4.10-6.el9_4.1 | < 1:3.4.10-1.el9_0.1 | < 1:3.4.10-4.el9_2.1 | < 1:3.4.10-7.el9_6.1
  • wireshark-debugsource< 1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.1 | < 1:4.4.2-4.el10_1.1 | < 1:3.4.10-8.el9_7.1 | < 1:3.4.10-6.el9_4.1 | < 1:3.4.10-1.el9_0.1 | < 1:3.4.10-4.el9_2.1 | < 1:3.4.10-7.el9_6.1
Debian1 product
  • wireshark< 4.0.17-0+deb12u2 | < 4.4.13-0+deb13u1 | < 4.6.1-1
Opensuse1 product
  • wireshark&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 4.6.1-1.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • wiresharkAll versions (No fix recorded)
Wireshark1 product
Wireshark foundation1 product

6 vendors · 11 products

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