CVE-2025-13499 HIGH

CVE-2025-13499: Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Wireshark

Vendor Wireshark Foundation
Product Wireshark
Weakness CWE-824
Published November 21, 2025
Last update March 27, 2026

CVSS base score

7.8/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 21, 2025 CVE published
March 27, 2026 Record updated