CVE-2021-4190

Exp

Large loop in the Kafka dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Published: 2021-12-30 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2021-4190 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.10%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.99% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2021-4190

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2021-4190

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.11% 3.10% +2.99%
2 2025-11-21 0.96% 0.11% -0.84%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.96% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2021-4190

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2021-4190

OS Trackers for CVE-2021-4190

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2021-4190: 1 source package rows (wireshark); 18 state rows across 2 repos (3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 0, open 18. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-4190
debian not yet assigned CVE-2021-4190 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (wireshark), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-4190
gentoo low CVE-2021-4190: 1 GLSA(s) (202210-04), 1 atom(s) (net-analyzer/wireshark); latest impact low. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2021-4190
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4190
suse medium CVE-2021-4190 severity moderate: SUSE including 72 source package names (libvirt-7.1.0-150300.6.23.1, libvirt-admin-7.1.0-150300.6.23.1, …), 342 product×package rows across 62 product lines (Image SLES15-SP3-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production, Image SLES15-SP3-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production, … (62 product lines)): Fixed 309, Known Not Affected 33. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4190/
ubuntu medium CVE-2021-4190 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (wireshark), 14 status rows across 14 suites (bionic, focal, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 10, ignored 3, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-4190

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2021-4190

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
wireshark wireshark >= 3.4.0, < 3.4.12 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wireshark wireshark 3.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:3.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 34 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 35 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2021-4190

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