CVE-2021-4190

7.5 HIGH
Published: December 30, 2021 Modified: November 03, 2025
View on NVD

Description

Large loop in the Kafka dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-4190.json
Source: cve@gitlab.com
Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/17811
Source: cve@gitlab.com
Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q6XGBKWSQFCVYUN4ZK3O3NJIFP3OAFVT/
Source: cve@gitlab.com
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R5AEK3XTOIOGCGUILUFISMGX54YJXWGJ/
Source: cve@gitlab.com
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-04
Source: cve@gitlab.com
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2021-22.html
Source: cve@gitlab.com
Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-4190.json
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/17811
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q6XGBKWSQFCVYUN4ZK3O3NJIFP3OAFVT/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R5AEK3XTOIOGCGUILUFISMGX54YJXWGJ/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-04
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2021-22.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

13 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
32th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-834

Affected Vendors

wireshark fedoraproject

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