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FKIE_CVE-2021-22207

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-04-23 18:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:36
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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
References
cve@gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22207.jsonThird Party Advisory
cve@gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/17331Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@gitlab.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@gitlab.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GIWWO27HV4HUKXV6NH6ULHCRAQB26DMD/
cve@gitlab.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NL7ZTMMWIEPHHFK3ONRKATWE7CLIGLFD/
cve@gitlab.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-21Third Party Advisory
cve@gitlab.comhttps://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5019Third Party Advisory
cve@gitlab.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
cve@gitlab.comhttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2021-04.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22207.jsonThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/17331Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00015.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GIWWO27HV4HUKXV6NH6ULHCRAQB26DMD/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NL7ZTMMWIEPHHFK3ONRKATWE7CLIGLFD/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-21Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5019Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2021-04.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wireshark wireshark *
wireshark wireshark *
fedoraproject fedora 33
fedoraproject fedora 34
oracle zfs_storage_appliance_kit 8.8
debian debian_linux 9.0
debian debian_linux 10.0
debian debian_linux 11.0
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          "vendor": "The Wireshark Foundation",
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