Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-4181

HighPublic PoC

Published: 30 December 2021

Published
30 December 2021
Modified
03 November 2025
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 0.0019 40.5th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-4181 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 40.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Crash in the Sysdig Event dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.10 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
3.6.0 · 3.4.0 — 3.4.11
fedoraproject
fedora
34, 35
debian
debian linux
9.0
oracle
http server
12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0
oracle
zfs storage appliance kit
8.8

Mitigating Controls

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

References