CVE-2025-13499
Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Wireshark
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: November 21, 2025 at 06:03 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 01:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWireshark
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
Kafka dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.10 allows denial of service
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Affected range stops below 4.4.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
Issue TrackingPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/20823SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-824
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