Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-4190

HighPublic PoCDDoS

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 0.0012 30.6th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-4190 is a high-severity Excessive Iteration (CWE-834) vulnerability in Wireshark Wireshark. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 30.6th 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

Large loop in the Kafka dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 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 — 3.4.12
fedoraproject
fedora
34, 35

Mitigating Controls

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

References