CVE-2021-4190

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Large loop in the Kafka dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Un gran bucle en Kafka dissector en Wireshark versión 3.6.0, permite una denegación de servicio por inyección de paquetes o por un archivo de captura diseñado.

*Credits: Sharon Brizinov

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

2021-12-29 CVE Reserved
2021-12-30 CVE Published
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-08-03 First Exploit
2024-08-05 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-834: Excessive Iteration

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-4190.json	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/17811	2024-08-03

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q6XGBKWSQFCVYUN4ZK3O3NJIFP3OAFVT	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R5AEK3XTOIOGCGUILUFISMGX54YJXWGJ	2023-11-07
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-04	2023-11-07
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2021-22.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"				>= 3.4.0 < 3.4.12 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version " >= 3.4.0 < 3.4.12"		-		Affected
Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark"		Wireshark Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark"				3.6.0 Search vendor "Wireshark" for product "Wireshark" and version "3.6.0"		-		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