Wireshark 4.6.0 BPv7 dissector DoS crash
CVE-2025-13674 Published on November 26, 2025

Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Wireshark
BPv7 dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 allows denial of service

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-13674 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
NONE
Integrity Impact:
NONE
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

Access of Uninitialized Pointer

The program accesses or uses a pointer that has not been initialized.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-13674

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Affected Versions

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark Version 4.6.0 is affected by CVE-2025-13674

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.02%
Percentile
5.94%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.