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Vulnerability · Published Jun 7, 2021 · Assigned by GitLab

CVE-2021-22222

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Wireshark from The Wireshark Foundation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.9% (higher than 80% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.9%top 20.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

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

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20wireshark3.4.6-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-22222
Alpine:v3.21wireshark3.4.6-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-22222
Alpine:v3.22wireshark3.4.6-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-22222
Alpine:v3.23wireshark3.4.6-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-22222
Alpine:v3.24wireshark3.4.6-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-22222
Debian:12wireshark3.4.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-22222
Debian:13wireshark3.4.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-22222
Debian:14wireshark3.4.7-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-22222
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSwiresharkno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-22222
Ubuntu:25.10wiresharkno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-22222
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSwiresharkno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-22222
Ubuntu:26.10wiresharkno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2021-22222

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
The Wireshark Foundation Wireshark >=3.4.0, <3.4.6

References