CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-39928

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Nov 18, 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
LOW

NULL pointer exception in the IEEE 802.11 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) 3.2.18 (excluding)
Wireshark Wireshark 3.4.0 (including) 3.4.10 (excluding)
Wireshark Ubuntu bionic *
Wireshark Ubuntu esm-apps/focal *
Wireshark Ubuntu esm-apps/jammy *
Wireshark Ubuntu focal *
Wireshark Ubuntu hirsute *
Wireshark Ubuntu impish *
Wireshark Ubuntu jammy *
Wireshark Ubuntu kinetic *
Wireshark Ubuntu trusty *
Wireshark Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Wireshark Ubuntu upstream *
Wireshark Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

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