Infinite loop Affecting wireshark package, versions [4.2.0,4.2.14)[4.4.0,4.4.10)[4.6.0-rc1,4.6.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WIRESHARK-13543406
  • published14 Oct 2025
  • disclosed10 Oct 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 10 Oct 2025

NewCVE-2025-11626  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 4.2.14, 4.4.10, 4.6.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Infinite loop via the MONGO dissector. An attacker can cause the application to enter an infinite loop and exhaust system resources by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1