Wireshark Vulnerability Allows Hackers to Launch DoS Attacks Through Packet Injection
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2025 3:33 am
A critical vulnerability in Wiresharkâs packet dissection engine could allow attackers to crash the network protocol analyzer through specially crafted packets, security engineers disclosed this week.
Tracked as CVE-2025-5601, the vulnerability enables denial-of-service (DoS) attacks against both live network traffic analysis sessions and offline trace file processing workflows.
https://cyberpress.org/wireshark-vulner ... s-attacks/
Tracked as CVE-2025-5601, the vulnerability enables denial-of-service (DoS) attacks against both live network traffic analysis sessions and offline trace file processing workflows.
https://cyberpress.org/wireshark-vulner ... s-attacks/