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DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16301

DEBIAN-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 v3.1
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:14tcpdump0, 0, 0
Debian:12tcpdump0, 0, 0
Debian:13tcpdump0, 0, 0
Debian:11tcpdump0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Oct 3, 2019 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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