VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2020-8037
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability3.11%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2020-11-04
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
The ppp decapsulator in tcpdump 4.9.3 can be convinced to allocate a large amount of memory.
Weakness classification
- CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Primary references
- security@tcpdump.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- security@tcpdump.org — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- security@tcpdump.org — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- security@tcpdump.org
- security@tcpdump.org
- security@tcpdump.org — Third Party Advisory
- security@tcpdump.org — Third Party Advisory
- security@tcpdump.org — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108