CVE-2021-4181

wireshark: Sysdig Event dissector crash

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · December 29, 2021

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation