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Wireshark 4.2.x < 4.2.14 A Vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 269771

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Synopsis

An application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 4.2.14. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the wireshark-4.2.14 advisory.

 - MONGO dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.9 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.13 allows denial of service (CVE-2025-11626)

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 4.2.14 or later.

See Also

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.14.html

https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/20724

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2025-04

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 269771

File Name: wireshark_4_2_14.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 10/9/2025

Updated: 10/17/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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-2025-11626

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/Wireshark

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/8/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-11626

IAVB: 2025-B-0170