CVE-2021-22191

Summary

CVECVE-2021-22191
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-03-15 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-05-27 18:45:00 UTC
DescriptionImproper URL handling in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.3 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.11 could allow remote code execution via via packet injection or crafted capture file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-74

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Oracle Zfs Storage Appliance 8.8 All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark All All All All
Application Wireshark Wireshark All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Code execution in Wireshark via non-http(s) schemes in URL fields (#17232) · Issues · Wireshark Foundation / wireshark · GitLab MISC gitlab.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 2967-1] wireshark security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Wireshark · wnpa-sec-2021-03 · Wireshark could open unsafe URLs. MISC www.wireshark.org
Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202107-21) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
2021/CVE-2021-22191.json · master · GitLab.org / cves · GitLab CONFIRM gitlab.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2021 MISC www.oracle.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Lukas Euler

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 179167 Debian Security Update for wireshark (DLA 2967-1)
  • 180438 Debian Security Update for wireshark (CVE-2021-22191)
  • 501719 Alpine Linux Security Update for wireshark
  • 505572 Alpine Linux Security Update for wireshark
  • 710055 Gentoo Linux Wireshark Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202107-21)
  • 750694 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for wireshark (SUSE-SU-2021:2125-1)
  • 750715 OpenSUSE Security Update for wireshark, libvirt, sbc, libqt5-qtmultimedia (openSUSE-SU-2021:0909-1)
  • 750814 OpenSUSE Security Update for wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2021:2125-1)
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