Improperly Controlled Sequential Memory Allocation Affecting wireshark package, versions [4.6.0,4.6.2)


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-14192441
  • published5 Dec 2025
  • disclosed3 Dec 2025
  • creditSébastien Féry

Introduced: 3 Dec 2025

NewCVE-2025-13945  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1325  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wireshark to version 4.6.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improperly Controlled Sequential Memory Allocation in the HTTP3 dissector process while decrypting traffic using a keylog file. An attacker can cause the application to crash by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted pcap file.

Workaround

This vulnerability can be mitigated by disabling the HTTP3 protocol dissector via the Enabled Protocols dialog box in the Wireshark GUI application or by configuring the disabled_protos option.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1