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CVE-2021-41193

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-41193 is a critical remote format string vulnerability affecting wire-avs, the audio visual signaling component of the Wire messenger, in versions prior to 7.1.12. This flaw allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions. The issue has been patched in wire-avs version 7.1.12, and no workarounds are currently known.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 7.1.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-audio_video_signaling:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0247 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: com.wire:avsFixed in: 7.1.12

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-2j6v-xpf3-xvrvhigh

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String in wire-avs

Mar 1, 2022

References

github.com / wireapp/wire-avs/commit/40d373ede795443ae6f2f756e9fb1f4f4ae90bbe
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / wireapp/wire-avs/security/advisories/GHSA-2j6v-xpf3-xvrv
PatchThird Party Advisory