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Project Summary

Wireshark is the world's foremost network protocol analyzer, and is the de facto (and often de jure) standard across many industries and educational institutions.

(Wireshark was known as Ethereal until June 09, 2006)

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analysis analyzer cmake ethernet lan linux mac_os_x monitoring network networking packet-analyzer packetcapture packetfilter protocol security sniffer solaris sysadmin tcpip tools traffic traffic+analysis unix wifi windows wireless

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18 Other
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30 Day Summary

Apr 24 2025 — May 24 2025

12 Month Summary

May 24 2024 — May 24 2025
  • 3528 Commits
    Down -337 (8%) from previous 12 months
  • 262 Contributors
    Up + 6 (2%) from previous 12 months

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Static Analysis ( Generated by Coverity Scan for Wireshark )

Repository URL: https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark.git

Version: v4.5.0rc0-2518-g20f79063

2025-05-22
Last Analyzed
5,426,957
Lines of Code Analyze
0.81
Defect Density

Defects by status for current build

17,707
Total defects
4,187
Outstanding
13,330
Fixed

CWE Top 25 defects

ID CWE-Name Number of Defects
120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') 2
131 Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size 1
190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound 150
676 Use of Potentially Dangerous Function 1