CVE-2021-4185

wireshark: RTMPT dissector infinite loop

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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

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.

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-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')