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CVE-2025-13946: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') in Wireshark

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2025-12-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-835

Description

MEGACO dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.1 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.11 allows denial of service

Affected products

• Wireshark Foundation Wireshark: from 4.4.0 before 4.4.12; from 4.6.0 before 4.6.2 — fixed in 4.4.12, 4.6.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Wireshark Foundation Wireshark 4.4.12, 4.6.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/20884
• https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2025-08.html

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