Wireshark 4.4.x < 4.4.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 271970

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 4.4.9. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-4.4.9 advisory.

- SSH dissector crash in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.8 allows denial of service (CVE-2025-9817)

- 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)

- Bundle Protocol and CBOR dissector crashes in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.3 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.10 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2025-1492)

- FiveCo RAP dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.1 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.8 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2024-11595)

- ECMP dissector crash in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.1 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.8 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2024-11596)

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

Solution

Upgrade to Wireshark version 4.4.9 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 271970

File Name: macosx_wireshark_4_4_9.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 10/29/2025

Updated: 10/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-9817

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/8/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-11595, CVE-2024-11596, CVE-2024-9780, CVE-2024-9781, CVE-2025-1492, CVE-2025-5601, CVE-2025-9817

IAVB: 2024-B-0153-S, 2024-B-0185-S, 2025-B-0029-S, 2025-B-0086-S, 2025-B-0148-S

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