CVE-2021-41193 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

wire-avs is the audio visual signaling (AVS) component of Wire, an open-source messenger. A remote format string vulnerability in versions prior to 7.1.12 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. The issue has been fixed in wire-avs 7.1.12. There are currently no known workarounds.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01144.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Wire	Wire-audio Video Signaling

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wire:wire-audio_video_signaling:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-1271	wire-avs is the audio visual signaling (AVS) component of Wire, an open-source messenger. A remote format string vulnerability in versions prior to 7.1.12 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. The issue has been fixed in wire-avs 7.1.12. There are currently no known workarounds.
Github GHSA	GHSA-2j6v-xpf3-xvrv	Use of Externally-Controlled Format String in wire-avs

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/wireapp/wire-avs/commit/40d373ede795443ae6f2f756e9fb1f4f4ae90bbe
https://github.com/wireapp/wire-avs/security/advisories/GHSA-2j6v-xpf3-xvrv

History

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2022-03-01T18:25:22.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-23T18:59:49.177Z

Reserved: 2021-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-41193

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T03:08:31.656Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-03-01T19:15:08.403

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:25:44.177

Link: CVE-2021-41193

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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