Wireshark HTTP3 dissector DoS (4.6.0-4.6.1)
CVE-2025-13945 Published on December 3, 2025

Improperly Controlled Sequential Memory Allocation in Wireshark
HTTP3 dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 and 4.6.1 allows denial of service

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-13945 can be exploited 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

What is a Stack Exhaustion Vulnerability?

The product manages a group of objects or resources and performs a separate memory allocation for each object, but it does not properly limit the total amount of memory that is consumed by all of the combined objects.

CVE-2025-13945 has been classified to as a Stack Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-13945

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Affected Versions

Wireshark Foundation Wireshark:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.03%
Percentile
7.11%

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.