Denial of Service Vulnerability in Wireshark's BitTorrent DHT Dissector

CVE-2021-4184

What is CVE-2021-4184?

A denial of service vulnerability exists in the BitTorrent DHT dissector of Wireshark. The flaw may be exploited by attackers through packet injection or crafted capture files, leading to an infinite loop that disrupts normal operations. This can result in the software becoming unresponsive, thereby hindering network analysis capabilities.

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