VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-12989

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.31%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-09-14
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

The RESP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 could enter an infinite loop due to a bug in print-resp.c:resp_get_length().

Weakness classification

  • CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Primary references