CVE-2025-1492 Uncontrolled Recursion in Wireshark
Uncontrolled recursion in Wireshark allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted packets or capture files.
- 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-2025-1492?
CVE-2025-1492 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark, published on 20 Feb 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
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
Weakness: CWE-674
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1492?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (14)
wireshark AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 1:4.4.2-3.el10_0 |
wireshark-cli AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 1:4.4.2-3.el10_0 |
wireshark-devel AlmaLinux:10 | All versions | 1:4.4.2-3.el10_0 |
wireshark Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.0 | All versions | 1:4.4.2-3.el10_0 |
wireshark-cli Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.0 | All versions | 1:4.4.2-3.el10_0 |
wireshark-cli-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.0 | All versions | 1:4.4.2-3.el10_0 |
wireshark-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.0 | All versions | 1:4.4.2-3.el10_0 |
wireshark-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.0 | All versions | 1:4.4.2-3.el10_0 |
wireshark-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:10.0 | All versions | 1:4.4.2-3.el10_0 |
wireshark Rocky Linux:10 | All versions | 1:4.4.2-3.el10_0 |
wireshark SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 | All versions | 4.2.11-150600.18.20.1 |
wireshark SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6 | All versions | 4.2.11-150600.18.20.1 |
wireshark openSUSE:Leap 15.6 | All versions | 4.2.11-150600.18.20.1 |
wireshark openSUSE:Tumbleweed | All versions | 4.4.4-2.1 |
Products include Wireshark Wireshark.
How do I fix CVE-2025-1492?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2025-1492 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1492 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wireshark Wireshark
Sources
Also known as ALSA-2025:9121, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-1492, GHSA-hrqm-vf6v-j4gp, RHSA-2025:9121, RLSA-2025:9121, SUSE-SU-2025:0754-1 and 2 more.