CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-9817

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Sep 03, 2025 | Modified: Sep 03, 2025

CVSS 3.x

N/A

Source:

NVD

CVSS 2.x

RedHat/V2

RedHat/V3

5.5 MODERATE

Ubuntu

MEDIUM

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Additional information

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9817
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

SSH dissector crash in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.8 allows denial of service

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Wireshark	Ubuntu	upstream	*

Potential Mitigations

References

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