CVE-2021-4183 (GCVE-0-2021-4183)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-30 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:16
VLAI
Summary
Crash in the pcapng file parser in Wireshark 3.6.0 allows denial of service via crafted capture file
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • Buffer over-read in Wireshark
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Credits
Shaohua Li
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