High severity · published Jun 7, 2021
CVE-2021-22222
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
7.5
CVSS
1.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.9% · higher than 80% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0; 11.0 · source: NVD
EM
Enterprise Manager Ops Center · Oracle
12.4.0.0 · source: NVD
IE
Instantis Enterprisetrack · Oracle
17.1; 17.2; 17.3 · source: NVD
WI
Wireshark · Wireshark
3.4.0 through 3.4.5 · source: NVD
ZS
Zfs Storage Appliance Kit · Oracle
8.8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22222
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-22222
Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22222.json
Patch
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/merge_requests/3130
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-21
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5019
Patch
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
Vendor Advisory
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2021-05.html
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