CVE-2021-39929 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2021-39929

Uncontrolled Recursion in the Bluetooth DHT dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0...

Vulnerability Description

Uncontrolled Recursion in the Bluetooth DHT dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.17 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • The OSS-Fuzz project

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Affected Vendor

Wireshark Foundation

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Affected Software

Wireshark
Vulnerable Versions:
>=3.4.0, <3.4.10, >=3.2.0, <3.2.18

Timeline

Official Publish: November 19th, 2021
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.