CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-39921

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Nov 19, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
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

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

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 focal *
Wireshark Ubuntu hirsute *
Wireshark Ubuntu impish *
Wireshark Ubuntu kinetic *
Wireshark Ubuntu lunar *
Wireshark Ubuntu mantic *
Wireshark Ubuntu oracular *
Wireshark Ubuntu trusty *
Wireshark Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Wireshark Ubuntu upstream *
Wireshark Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

References