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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-22222

Infinite loop in DVB-S2-BB dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.5 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

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1 Nov 2026, 07:13 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-22222

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Jun 2021, 13:15 UTC

Infinite loop in DVB-S2-BB dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.5 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

osv:CVE-2021-22222
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-22222",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2021-22222",
    "summary": "Infinite loop in DVB-S2-BB dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.5 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-22222",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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      "aliases": [
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      "metrics": [
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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            "v3.4.5",
            "v3.4.5rc0",
            "wireshark-3.4.4",
            "v3.4.4",
            "v3.4.4rc0",
            "wireshark-3.4.3",
            "v3.4.3",
            "v3.4.3rc0",
            "wireshark-3.4.2",
            "v3.4.2",
            "v3.4.2rc0",
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            "wireshark-3.4.4",
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:50.374002033Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22222.json",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-21",
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5019",
        "https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2021-05.html",
        "https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/merge_requests/3130",
        "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html"
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              }
            ]
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        ]
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    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2021-22222",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 437219,
  "published_at": "2021-06-07T13:15:07.837+00:00"
}