CVE-2025-1492 HIGH

CVE-2025-1492: Uncontrolled Recursion in Wireshark

Vendor Wireshark Foundation
Product Wireshark
Weakness CWE-674
Published February 20, 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

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

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

February 20, 2025 CVE published
March 27, 2026 Record updated