CVE-2021-39929 (GCVE-0-2021-39929)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-19 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 02:20
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Uncontrolled Recursion in the Bluetooth DHT dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.17 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- Uncontrolled recursion in Wireshark
Assigner
References
8 references
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wireshark Foundation | Wireshark |
Affected:
>=3.4.0, <3.4.10
Affected: >=3.2.0, <3.2.18 |
guessed |
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