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ALPINE-CVE-2018-14879

ALPINE-CVE-2018-14879 PUBLISHED CVSS 7 HIGH

The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:get_next_file().

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.10tcpdump0, 0, 4.9.2-r4
Alpine:v3.14tcpdump0, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.17tcpdump0, 0, 4.9.2-r4
Alpine:v3.12tcpdump0, 0, 4.9.2-r4
Alpine:v3.11tcpdump0, 4.0.0-r1, 4.0.0-r2
Alpine:v3.21tcpdump0, 0, 4.9.2-r3
Alpine:v3.23tcpdump4.2.1-r0, 0, 4.0.0-r1
Alpine:v3.9tcpdump4.9.2-r3, 0, 4.9.2-r4
Alpine:v3.20tcpdump4.9.2-r3, 0, 4.0.0-r1
Alpine:v3.13tcpdump0, 0, 4.0.0-r1
Alpine:v3.24tcpdump0, 0
Alpine:v3.15tcpdump4.0.0-r2, 4.0.0-r1, 0
Alpine:v3.19tcpdump4.9.2-r4, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.22tcpdump4.9.1-r0, 0, 4.0.0-r1
Alpine:v3.16tcpdump0, 0, 4.0.0-r1
Alpine:v3.18tcpdump4.0.0-r1, 0, 4.9.2-r4

Timeline

  • Oct 3, 2019 CVE Published
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Jun 9, 2026 CVE Updated
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