CVE-2021-4185
published 2021-12-30CVE-2021-4185: Infinite loop in the RTMPT 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
3.88%
89.1th percentile
Infinite loop in the RTMPT 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
24 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 | — | — |
| chrome_chrome | — | — | |
| 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 | >= 0 < 2.6.10-1~ubuntu14.04.0~esm3 | 2.6.10-1~ubuntu14.04.0~esm3 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0+esm2 | 2.6.10-1~ubuntu16.04.0+esm2 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0+esm2 | 2.6.10-1~ubuntu18.04.0+esm2 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 | 3.2.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 |
| wireshark | wireshark | >= 0 < 3.6.2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | 3.6.2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
| 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
vendor_ubuntu7.5HIGH
Stop checking back — get the weekly exploitation signal.
Every Monday: what got weaponized or added to CISA KEV in the last seven days — each CVE cross-linked to its PoC, Nuclei template, and detection rule. Free, one email a week, unsubscribe in one click.
Ubuntu
Wireshark vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2025-06-04·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2021-4182 [HIGH] Wireshark vulnerabilities
Title: Wireshark vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Wireshark.
It was discovered that Wireshark did not correctly handle recursion. If a
user or system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-39929)
Roman Donchenko discovered that Wireshark did not correctly handle
parsing certain files. If a user or system were tricked into opening a
specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2021-4182)
It was discovered that Wireshark did not correctly handle parsing
certain files. I
Chrome
Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2022-4183
vendor_chrome·2022-11-29·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2022-4183 [MEDIUM] Stable Channel Update for Desktop: CVE-2022-4183
Stable Channel Update for Desktop
CVE-2022-4183: Insufficient policy enforcement in Popup Blocker. Reported by David Sievers on 2021-09-22 [$5000][ 1358647 ] Medium CVE-2022-4184: Insufficient policy enforcement in Autofill
Reported by Ahmed ElMasry on 2022-09-01 [$5000][ 1373025 ] Medium CVE-2022-4185: Inappropriate implementation in Navigation
Severity: medium
Red Hat
wireshark: RTMPT dissector infinite loop
vendor_redhat·2021-12-29·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2021-4185 [HIGH] CWE-835 wireshark: RTMPT dissector infinite loop
wireshark: RTMPT dissector infinite loop
Infinite loop in the RTMPT 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
An infinite-loop flaw was found in Wireshark RTMPT. This flaw allows an attacker with local network access to pass specially crafted capture files, causing an application to halt, crash, or go into an infinite loop.
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) - Will not fix
Package: wireshark (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9) - Will not fix
Microsoft
Infinite loop in the RTMPT 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-2021-4185 [HIGH] CWE-835 Infinite loop in the RTMPT 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
Infinite loop in the RTMPT 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-2021-4185: wireshark - Infinite loop in the RTMPT dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.10 allo...
vendor_debian·2021·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2021-4185 [HIGH] CVE-2021-4185: wireshark - Infinite loop in the RTMPT dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.10 allo...
Infinite loop in the RTMPT 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)
OSV
wireshark vulnerabilities
osv·2025-06-04·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2021-39929 [HIGH] wireshark vulnerabilities
wireshark vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Wireshark did not correctly handle recursion. If a
user or system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-39929)
Roman Donchenko discovered that Wireshark did not correctly handle
parsing certain files. If a user or system were tricked into opening a
specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2021-4182)
It was discovered that Wireshark did not correctly handle parsing
certain files. If a user or system were tricked into opening a specially
crafted f
GHSA
GHSA-wm4g-hw88-g25h: Infinite loop in the RTMPT dissector in Wireshark 3
ghsa_unreviewed·2021-12-31
CVE-2021-4185 [HIGH] CWE-835 GHSA-wm4g-hw88-g25h: Infinite loop in the RTMPT dissector in Wireshark 3
Infinite loop in the RTMPT 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-2021-4185: Infinite loop in the RTMPT dissector in Wireshark 3
osv·2021-12-30·CVSS 7.5
CVE-2021-4185 [HIGH] CVE-2021-4185: Infinite loop in the RTMPT dissector in Wireshark 3
Infinite loop in the RTMPT 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
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
No writeups or analysis indexed.
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-4185.jsonhttps://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/17745https://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-2021-17.htmlhttps://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-4185.jsonhttps://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/17745https://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-2021-17.html
2021-12-30
Published