Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-39923

HighDDoS

Published: 19 November 2021

Published
19 November 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0225 84.9th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-39923 is a high-severity Excessive Iteration (CWE-834) vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 15.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Large loop in the PNRP 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

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

wireshark
wireshark
3.2.0 — 3.2.17 · 3.4.0 — 3.4.9
debian
debian linux
10.0, 11.0, 9.0

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References