Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 3, 2025· Updated Mar 27, 2026
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') in Wireshark
CVE-2025-13946
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
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Affected products
12- osv-coords10 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/wireshark&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.6pkg:rpm/opensuse/wireshark&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2016.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/wireshark&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/libvirt&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Desktop%20Applications%2015%20SP7pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20applications%2016.0pkg:rpm/suse/wireshark&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20LTSS%20Extended%20Security%2012%20SP5
< 4.2.14-150600.18.32.1+ 9 more
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.14-150600.18.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.13-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.6.2-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 11.0.0-150700.4.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 11.0.0-150700.4.19.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.14-150600.18.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.2.14-150600.18.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.13-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.4.13-160000.1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.16-48.66.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/20884mitreissue-trackingpermissions-required
- www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2025-08.htmlmitre
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