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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-39929

Uncontrolled Recursion in the Bluetooth DHT 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

HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.81%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.81%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Uncontrolled Recursion in the Bluetooth DHT 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

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
3.81% probability · 89th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-674
Affected
wireshark/wireshark · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux
Source
cve@gitlab.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.