CVE-2021-4181
published 2021-12-30CVE-2021-4181: Crash in the Sysdig Event 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
PriorityP339high7.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
3.77%
88.8th percentile
Crash in the Sysdig Event 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
Affected
18 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | wireshark | < wireshark 3.6.2-1 (bookworm) | wireshark 3.6.2-1 (bookworm) |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| fedoraproject | fedora | — | — |
| msrc | cbl2_wireshark_3.4.14-1_on_cbl_mariner_2.0 | — | — |
| msrc | cbl_mariner_2.0_arm | — | — |
| msrc | cbl_mariner_2.0_x64 | — | — |
| oracle | http_server | — | — |
| oracle | http_server | — | — |
| oracle | zfs_storage_appliance_kit | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 3.4.16-0+deb11u1 | 3.4.16-0+deb11u1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 3.6.2-1 | 3.6.2-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 3.6.2-1 | 3.6.2-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 3.6.2-1 | 3.6.2-1 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 3.4.0 < 3.4.11 | 3.4.11 |
| wireshark_foundation | wireshark | — | — |
| wireshark_foundation | wireshark | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv7.5HIGH
vendor_debian7.5HIGH
vendor_msrc7.5HIGH
vendor_redhat7.5HIGH
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GHSA
GHSA-jr2g-cv62-4vcw: Crash in the Sysdig Event dissector in Wireshark 3
ghsa_unreviewed·2021-12-31
CVE-2021-4181 [HIGH] CWE-125 GHSA-jr2g-cv62-4vcw: Crash in the Sysdig Event dissector in Wireshark 3
Crash in the Sysdig Event 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
OSV
CVE-2021-4181: Crash in the Sysdig Event dissector in Wireshark 3
osv·2021-12-30·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2021-4181 [HIGH] CVE-2021-4181: Crash in the Sysdig Event dissector in Wireshark 3
Crash in the Sysdig Event 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
Red Hat
wireshark: Sysdig Event dissector crash
vendor_redhat·2021-12-29·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2021-4181 [HIGH] CWE-20 wireshark: Sysdig Event dissector crash
wireshark: Sysdig Event dissector crash
Crash in the Sysdig Event 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
A denial of service via packet injection flaw was found in wireshark. An attacker with local network access could pass specially crafted capture files causing an application to halt or crash, leading to a denial of service.
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9) - Will not fix
Microsoft
Crash in the Sysdig Event 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
vendor_msrc·2021-12-14·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2021-4181 [HIGH] CWE-125 Crash in the Sysdig Event 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
Crash in the Sysdig Event 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
FAQ: Is Azure Linux the only Microsoft product that includes this open-source library and is therefore potentially affected by this vulnerability?
One of the main benefits to our customers who choose to use the Azure Linux distro is the commitment to keep it up to date with the most recent and most secure versions of the open source libraries with which the distro is composed. Microsoft is committed to transparency in this work which is why we began publishing CSAF/VEX in October 2025. See this blog post for more information. If impact to additional products is identified, we will update the CVE to reflect this.
Mariner: Mariner
GitLab: GitLab
Debian
CVE-2021-4181: wireshark - Crash in the Sysdig Event dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.10 allow...
vendor_debian·2021·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2021-4181 [HIGH] CVE-2021-4181: wireshark - Crash in the Sysdig Event dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.10 allow...
Crash in the Sysdig Event 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
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 3.6.2-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 3.4.16-0+deb11u1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 3.6.2-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 3.6.2-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 3.6.2-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-4181.jsonhttps://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/merge_requests/5429https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00041.htmlhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q6XGBKWSQFCVYUN4ZK3O3NJIFP3OAFVT/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R5AEK3XTOIOGCGUILUFISMGX54YJXWGJ/https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-04https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlhttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2021-21.htmlhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-4181.jsonhttps://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/merge_requests/5429https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00041.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00049.htmlhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Q6XGBKWSQFCVYUN4ZK3O3NJIFP3OAFVT/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R5AEK3XTOIOGCGUILUFISMGX54YJXWGJ/https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-04https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.htmlhttps://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2021-21.html
2021-12-30
Published