VDB
ALPINE-CVE-2018-16301
ALPINE-CVE-2018-16301
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH
The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.99.0 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:read_infile(). To trigger this vulnerability the attacker needs to create a 4GB file on the local filesystem and to specify the file name as the value of the -F command-line argument of tcpdump.
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.1
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.11 | tcpdump | 4.5.1-r0, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.12 | libpcap | 0, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.14 | libpcap | 0, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.17 | libpcap | 1.0.0-r0, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.16 | libpcap | 0, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.13 | tcpdump | 4.7.4-r0, 0, 4.0.0-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.13 | libpcap | 0, 0, 1.0.0-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | libpcap | 1.7.4-r0, 1.6.1-r0, 1.0.0-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | libpcap | 1.4.0-r0, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.19 | tcpdump | 4.7.4-r1, 4.7.4-r2, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | libpcap | 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.10 | tcpdump | 4.9.2-r0, 4.9.0-r1, 4.7.4-r0 |
| Alpine:v3.9 | tcpdump | 4.1.1-r2, 0, 4.0.0-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | tcpdump | 4.4.0-r0, 4.9.1-r0, 4.9.0-r1 |
| Alpine:v3.15 | libpcap | 1.4.0-r0, 0, 1.1.1-r3 |
| Alpine:v3.16 | tcpdump | 4.0.0-r1, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.10 | libpcap | 0, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | libpcap | 1.7.4-r0, 0, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.14 | tcpdump | 4.1.1-r1, 4.0.0-r1, 0 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | libpcap | 1.1.1-r3, 0, 1.0.0-r0 |
…and 10 more
Timeline
- Oct 3, 2019 CVE Published
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Jun 9, 2026 CVE Updated