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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-5601

Column handling crashes in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.6 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.12 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Published Jun 4, 2025 · catalog updated Mar 27, 2026 · Wireshark Foundation Wireshark

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-5601. EPSS is 0.31%. Act only if a listed version of Wireshark Foundation Wireshark is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High7.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.31%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Wireshark Foundation Wireshark 4.2.0 <4.2.13

Column handling crashes in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.6 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.12 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Wireshark Foundation Wireshark 4.2.0 <4.2.134.2.0 <4.2.13

How to fix CVE-2025-5601

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-5601. EPSS is 0.31%. Act only if a listed version of Wireshark Foundation Wireshark is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Wireshark Foundation Wireshark 4.2.0 <4.2.13 4.2.0 <4.2.13. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.31%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 4, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Column handling crashes in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.6 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.12 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

  2. Mar 27, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    Column handling crashes in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.6 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.12 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-5601

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-5601

    30-day exploitation probability 0.3%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-16867

    Column handling crashes in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.6 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.12 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.