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CVE-2025-13499

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Description

Kafka dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.10 allows denial of service

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.5 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2025-11-21 06:15:48.203000
Last modified
2026-10-19 13:10:00.110000
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  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2025-11-21T06:15:48.203",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T13:10:00.110",
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