VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-16301

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.63%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-10-03
Last modified2026-10-08
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-120: Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
  • CWE-190: Integer Overflow or Wraparound
  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Primary references