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CVE-2018-16301

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.

EPSS 0.63% · 47.9th percentile

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
EPSS Score
0.63%
47.9th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTStcpdump4.9.3-3, 4.9.3-4, 0
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTStcpdump0, 4.4.0-1ubuntu1, 4.5.1-2ubuntu1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTStcpdump0, 4.9.2-1, 4.9.2-2
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTStcpdump4.9.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 4.9.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 4.9.0-1ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.1

Timeline

  • Sep 30, 2019 CVE Published
  • Feb 10, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Apr 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • May 27, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Jul 20, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Sep 11, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Nov 3, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Dec 26, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Feb 17, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Apr 11, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Jun 3, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Jul 26, 2023 EPSS Score

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