Wireshark 4.2.x < 4.2.12 A Vulnerability (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 237767

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Synopsis

An application installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 4.2.12. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the wireshark-4.2.12 advisory.

- Column handling crashes in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.6 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.12 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2025-5601)

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

Solution

Upgrade to Wireshark version 4.2.12 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 237767

File Name: macosx_wireshark_4_2_12.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 6/4/2025

Updated: 6/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-5601

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, installed_sw/Wireshark

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/4/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-5601

IAVB: 2025-B-0086

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