CVE-2025-13499 Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Wireshark
High 7.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-13499 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2025-13499 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 21 Nov 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13499 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Wireshark Wireshark. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13499/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13499/index.md)
An attacker can cause a denial of service in Wireshark by triggering a crash in the Kafka dissector via an uninitialized pointer access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-13499?
CVE-2025-13499 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 21 Nov 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Kafka dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.10 allows denial of service
Weakness: CWE-824
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13499?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (40)
wireshark AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 1:4.4.2-4.el10_1.1 |
wireshark-cli AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 1:4.4.2-4.el10_1.1 |
wireshark-devel AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 1:4.4.2-4.el10_1.1 |
wireshark AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 1:3.4.10-8.el9_7.1 |
wireshark-cli AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 1:3.4.10-8.el9_7.1 |
wireshark-devel AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 1:3.4.10-8.el9_7.1 |
wireshark Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.1 | All versions | 1:4.4.2-4.el10_1.1 |
wireshark-cli Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.1 | All versions | 1:4.4.2-4.el10_1.1 |
wireshark-cli-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.1 | All versions | 1:4.4.2-4.el10_1.1 |
wireshark-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.1 | All versions | 1:4.4.2-4.el10_1.1 |
wireshark-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.1 | All versions | 1:4.4.2-4.el10_1.1 |
wireshark-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.1 | All versions | 1:4.4.2-4.el10_1.1 |
wireshark Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 1:3.4.10-8.el9_7.1 |
wireshark-cli Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 1:3.4.10-8.el9_7.1 |
wireshark-cli-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 1:3.4.10-8.el9_7.1 |
wireshark-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 1:3.4.10-8.el9_7.1 |
wireshark-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 1:3.4.10-8.el9_7.1 |
wireshark-cli-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb | All versions | 1:3.4.10-8.el9_7.1 |
wireshark-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb | All versions | 1:3.4.10-8.el9_7.1 |
wireshark-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb | All versions | 1:3.4.10-8.el9_7.1 |
wireshark-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb | All versions | 1:3.4.10-8.el9_7.1 |
wireshark Red Hat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0 | All versions | 1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.1 |
wireshark-cli Red Hat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0 | All versions | 1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.1 |
wireshark-cli-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0 | All versions | 1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.1 |
wireshark-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0 | All versions | 1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.1 |
wireshark-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0 | All versions | 1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.1 |
wireshark-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0 | All versions | 1:4.4.2-3.el10_0.1 |
wireshark Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.0::appstream | All versions | 1:3.4.10-1.el9_0.1 |
wireshark-cli Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.0::appstream | All versions | 1:3.4.10-1.el9_0.1 |
wireshark-cli-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.0::appstream | All versions | 1:3.4.10-1.el9_0.1 |
wireshark-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.0::appstream | All versions | 1:3.4.10-1.el9_0.1 |
wireshark-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.0::appstream | All versions | 1:3.4.10-1.el9_0.1 |
wireshark Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream | All versions | 1:3.4.10-4.el9_2.1 |
wireshark-cli Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream | All versions | 1:3.4.10-4.el9_2.1 |
wireshark-cli-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream | All versions | 1:3.4.10-4.el9_2.1 |
wireshark-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream | All versions | 1:3.4.10-4.el9_2.1 |
wireshark-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream | All versions | 1:3.4.10-4.el9_2.1 |
wireshark Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.4::appstream | All versions | 1:3.4.10-6.el9_4.1 |
wireshark-cli Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.4::appstream | All versions | 1:3.4.10-6.el9_4.1 |
wireshark-cli-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.4::appstream | All versions | 1:3.4.10-6.el9_4.1 |
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2025-13499?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2025-13499 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13499 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as ALSA-2025:23083, ALSA-2025:23142, AZL-70664, CLSA-2025-1766233846, CLSA-2025-1766501828, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-13499 and 17 more.