CVE-2021-22173

high

Description

Memory leak in USB HID dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.2 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

References

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2021-01.html

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-21

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NYXLKQJ3D632XSG6VO7M4YFDAG6GRCLY/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GND3PIQC3KZALR227V4YUMPKJBA5BZG4/

https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/17124

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22173.json

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-02-17

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High