The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 3.4.12. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-3.4.12 advisory.

  - Unaligned access in the CSN.1 protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.11 allows     denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-0582)

  - Large loop in the Kafka dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 allows denial of service via packet injection or     crafted capture file (CVE-2021-4190)

  - Infinite loop in RTMPT protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.11 allows denial of     service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-0586)

  - Large loops in multiple protocol dissectors in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.11 allow denial     of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-0585)

  - Crash in the PVFS protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.11 allows denial of     service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-0583)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Detections

Analytics

Wireshark 3.4.x < 3.4.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 157892

Version 1.8

Version 1.7

Version 1.6

Version 1.8 May 1, 2026, 6:47 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202605011847
Version 1.7 Mar 30, 2026, 9:17 PM Logic Changes (modernized plugin) Plugin Feed: 202603302117
Version 1.6 Nov 9, 2023, 5:53 PM CVSS temporal metrics ("CVSSv2 temporal vector" set to "CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C". "CVSSv3 temporal vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C") Exploit attributes ("Exploit available" set to "True". "Exploitability ease" changed from "No known exploits are available" to "Exploits are available") Plugin Feed: 202311091753