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CVE-2025-1492: wireshark foundation wireshark Uncontrolled Recursion

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesSUSE-SU-2025:0754-1RHSA-2025:9121UBUNTU-CVE-2025-1492
Published 20-02-2025Last modified 27-03-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-1492 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Uncontrolled Recursion vulnerability in wireshark foundation wireshark. EPSS estimates a 0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21.4% 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
0.30%
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 2 · Related 1
MGASA-2026-0184SUSE-SU-2026:1169-1

Timeline

  1. 20-02-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 27-03-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Bundle Protocol and CBOR dissector crashes in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.3 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.10 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.30%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

21%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.30% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.30%

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
  • wireshark-cli< 1:4.4.2-3.el10_0
  • wireshark-cli-debuginfo< 1:4.4.2-3.el10_0
  • wireshark-debuginfo< 1:4.4.2-3.el10_0
  • wireshark-debugsource< 1:4.4.2-3.el10_0
Opensuse2 products
  • wireshark&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 4.2.11-150600.18.20.1
  • wireshark&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 4.4.4-2.1
Suse2 products
  • wireshark&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6< 4.2.11-150600.18.20.1
  • wireshark&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6< 4.2.11-150600.18.20.1
Debian1 product
  • wireshark< 4.0.17-0+deb12u2 | < 4.4.4-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • wiresharkAll versions (No fix recorded)
Wireshark1 product
  • wireshark≥ 4.2.0, ≤ 4.2.10 | ≥ 4.4.0, ≤ 4.4.3
Wireshark foundation1 product
  • wireshark≥ 4.4.0, < 4.4.4 | ≥ 4.2.0, < 4.2.11

7 vendors · 14 products

References

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