CVE-2025-13499 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Wireshark versions 4.6.0 and 4.4.0 through 4.4.10, specifically within its Kafka dissector. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) can be triggered by a local attacker with user interaction, leading to a high impact on availability due to a crash. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or significant community discussion has been observed for this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.4.0, < 4.4.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:4.6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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