VDB
CVE-2018-16301
CVE-2018-16301
PUBLISHED
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 0.06% · 20.1th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.06%
20.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | tcpdump | 4.9.3-3, 4.9.3-4, 0 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | tcpdump | 0, 4.4.0-1ubuntu1, 4.5.1-2ubuntu1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | tcpdump | 0, 4.9.2-1, 4.9.2-2 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | tcpdump | 4.9.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 4.9.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 4.9.0-1ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- old_releases.html (github-poc)
- old_releases.html (github-poc)
- old_releases.html (github-poc)
- old_releases.html (github-poc)
- old_releases.html (github-poc)
- old_releases.html (github-poc)
- old_releases.html (github-poc)
Timeline
- Sep 30, 2019 CVE Published
- Feb 10, 2022 EPSS Score
- Apr 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 9, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 31, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 13, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 6, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 29, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16301 third-party-advisory
- http://www.tcpdump.org/public-cve-list.txt third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/ad7c25bc0decf96dc7768c9e903734d38528b1bd third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5331-1 vendor-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5331-2 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16301 third-party-advisory