CVE-2021-22207 (GCVE-0-2021-22207)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-23 17:32 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:37
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Excessive memory consumption in MS-WSP dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.4 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.12 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CWE
- Uncontrolled memory allocation in Wireshark
Assigner
References
9 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2021-… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/17331 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-21 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5019 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wireshark Foundation | Wireshark |
Affected:
>=3.4.0, <3.4.5
Affected: >=3.2.0, <3.2.13 |
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