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CVE-2021-22173

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-22173 is a memory leak vulnerability in the USB HID dissector of Wireshark versions 3.4.0 to 3.4.2, affecting various Fedora and Oracle Wireshark distributions. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely without user interaction (AV:N/AC:L/UI:N) to cause a denial of service (A:H) through packet injection or a crafted capture file. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.4.0, < 3.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:zfs_storage_appliance:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

3.7LOW

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0241 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2021-22173Low

wireshark: USB HID dissector memory leak

Jan 29, 2021

References

gitlab.com / gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2021/CVE-2021-22173.json
Third Party Advisory
gitlab.com / wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/17124
ExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GND3PIQC3KZALR227V4YUMPKJBA5BZG4
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NYXLKQJ3D632XSG6VO7M4YFDAG6GRCLY
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202107-21
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
wireshark.org / security/wnpa-sec-2021-01.html
Vendor Advisory