CVE-2018-16301

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
The Tcpdump Grouptcpdumpunspecified < 4.99.0affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-190: CWE-190 integer overflow or wraparound
  • CWE-787: CWE-787 out-of-bounds write

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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