CVE-2021-22222 (GCVE-0-2021-22222)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-06-07 12:01 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:37
VLAI
Summary
Infinite loop in DVB-S2-BB dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.5 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • Loop with unreachable exit condition ('infinite loop') in Wireshark
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
The Wireshark Foundation Wireshark Affected: >=3.4.0, <3.4.6
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