Asset DoS vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
wire-ios is the iOS version of Wire, an open-source secure messaging app. In wire-ios versions 3.8.0 and prior, a vulnerability exists that can cause a denial of service between users. If a user has an invalid assetID for their profile picture and it contains the " character, it will cause the iOS client to crash. The vulnerability is patched in wire-ios version 3.8.1.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-32666
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mfcq-jg4v-2679
References
More wireapp Wire vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-21436 Wire through 3.22.3993 on Windows advertises deletion of sent messages; nonetheless, all… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.7
- TI-2020-16922 Wire before 2020-10-16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-17935 Account takeover when having only access to a user's short lived token CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-12333 Verified groups not reliable CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2020-12030 Insecure use of shell.openExternal in Wire CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
- TI-2018-06447 The Wire application before 2018-03-07 for Android allows attackers to write to pathnames… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2021-32666 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-32666 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mfcq-jg4v-2679 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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