CVE-2025-5601

A buffer overflow vulnerability was found in Wireshark. This vulnerability is triggered when a user views a specifically malformed packet or a pcap file with such a malformed packet.

The report makes the assumption that the active user is the root user and calculates the impact based on that assumption. It is not advised to conduct normal operations as the root user and when running as a non-root user, the impact is limited.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.