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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-21301

Wire is an open-source collaboration platform. In Wire for iOS (iPhone and iPad) before version 3.75 there is a vulnerability where the video capture isn't stopped in a scenario where a user first has their camera enabled and then disables it. It's a privacy issue because video is streamed to the call when the user believes it is disabled. It impacts all users in video calls. This is fixed in version 3.75.

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1 Nov 2026, 08:49 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-21301

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 Feb 2021, 18:15 UTC

Wire is an open-source collaboration platform. In Wire for iOS (iPhone and iPad) before version 3.75 there is a vulnerability where the video capture isn't stopped in a scenario where a user first has their camera enabled and then disables it. It's a privacy issue because video is streamed to the call when the user believes it is disabled. It impacts all users in video calls. This is fixed in version 3.75.

osv:CVE-2021-21301
Complete source record
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