Vulnerability CVE-2021-4184
Published: 2021-12-30

Description:
Infinite loop in the BitTorrent DHT dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.10 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Type:

CWE-835

 (Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Wireshark -> Wireshark 

 References:
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2021-18.html
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-4184.json
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/17754
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