QID 376215

Date Published: 2021-12-30

QID 376215: Wireshark Pcapng File Parser Crash Vulnerability (wnpa-sec-2021-19)

Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer available for multiple operating systems. It lets you capture and interactively browse the traffic running on a computer network.

The pcapng file parser could crash. Discovered by Shaohua Li.

Affected version:
Wireshark version: 3.6.0
Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4.3 severity.
  • Solution
    Vendor has released a patch for Wireshark 3.6.1 or later.
    For more details please visit Wireshark.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 376215

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    wnpa-sec-2021-19 URL Logo www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2021-19.html