CVE-2021-39928

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202210-04

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

NULL pointer exception in the IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.17 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Una excepción de puntero NULL en el disector IEEE 802.11 en Wireshark versiones 3.4.0 a 3.4.9 y 3.2.0 a 3.2.17, permite una denegación de servicio por medio de la inyección de paquetes o de un archivo de captura diseñado.

An update that fixes 8 vulnerabilities is now available. This update for wireshark fixes the following issues. IPPUSB dissector crash. Modbus dissector crash. C12.22 dissector crash. Bluetooth DHT dissector large loop. Bluetooth SDP dissector crash. Bluetooth HCI_ISO dissector crash. IEEE 802.11 dissector crash. Bluetooth DHT dissector crash. This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-08-23 CVE Reserved
2021-11-18 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-08-04 First Exploit
2025-05-26 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-39928.json	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00015.html	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/17704	2024-08-04

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A6AJFIYIHS3TYDD2EBYBJ5KKE52X34BJ	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YEWTIRMC2MFQBZ2O5M4CJHJM4JPBHLXH	2023-11-07
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-04	2023-11-07
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5019	2023-11-07
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2021-13.html	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				>= 3.2.0 < 3.2.18 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version " >= 3.2.0 < 3.2.18"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				>= 3.4.0 < 3.4.10 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version " >= 3.4.0 < 3.4.10"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				34 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "34"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				35 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "35"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0"		-		Affected