CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-39921

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Nov 19, 2021 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

NULL pointer exception in the Modbus dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.17 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Wireshark Wireshark 3.2.0 (including) 3.2.17 (including)
Wireshark Wireshark 3.4.0 (including) 3.4.9 (including)
Wireshark Ubuntu bionic *
Wireshark Ubuntu hirsute *
Wireshark Ubuntu impish *
Wireshark Ubuntu kinetic *
Wireshark Ubuntu lunar *
Wireshark Ubuntu mantic *
Wireshark Ubuntu trusty *
Wireshark Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Wireshark Ubuntu upstream *
Wireshark Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References