CVE-2021-4185 (GCVE-0-2021-4185)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-12-30 00:00
Modified
2025-11-03 21:45
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • Loop with unreachable exit condition ('infinite loop') in Wireshark
Summary
Infinite loop in the RTMPT dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.10 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Wireshark Foundation Wireshark Version: =3.6.0
Version: >=3.4.0, <3.4.10
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