Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-3798. PoCs published by mu-b.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets an integer underflow vulnerability in tcpdump <= 3.9.6 by sending a maliciously crafted BGP UPDATE packet. The overflow occurs due to improper bounds checking in the snprintf length calculation, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.
Description
Integer overflow in print-bgp.c in the BGP dissector in tcpdump 3.9.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted TLVs in a BGP packet, related to an unchecked return value.
Exploits (1)
exploitdb
WORKING POC
VERIFIED
by mu-b · cremotelinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30319
This exploit targets an integer underflow vulnerability in tcpdump <= 3.9.6 by sending a maliciously crafted BGP UPDATE packet. The overflow occurs due to improper bounds checking in the snprintf length calculation, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.
Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Rce
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target:
tcpdump <= 3.9.6
No auth needed
Prerequisites:
Network access to a target running tcpdump with BGP traffic monitoring
MITRE ATT&CK
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026
Full analysis →
References (35)
Core 35
Core References
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0387.html
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_16_sr.html
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
Exploit x_refsource_misc
http://www.digit-labs.org/files/exploits/private/tcpdump-bgp.c
Mailing List, Patch vendor-advisory
x_refsource_slackware
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.449313
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26231
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26168
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27580
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26286
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=184815
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:148
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018434
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0368.html
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26263
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474225/100/0/threaded
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26223
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_trustix
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0023/
Broken Link vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9771
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_freebsd
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:06.tcpdump.asc
Broken Link x_refsource_misc
http://cvs.tcpdump.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/tcpdump/print-bgp.c?r1=1.91.2.11&r2=1.91.2.12
Broken Link x_refsource_confirm
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26395
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26266
Broken Link vendor-advisory
x_refsource_turbo
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2007/TLSA-2007-46.txt
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26521
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2578
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26404
Broken Link, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26135
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-492-1
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1353
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-14.xml
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24965
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.7269
EPSS Percentile
98.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-252
Status
published
Products (19)
apple/mac_os_x
10.0.0 - 10.4.11
apple/mac_os_x_server
10.0.0 - 10.4.11
canonical/ubuntu_linux
6.06
canonical/ubuntu_linux
6.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux
7.04
debian/debian_linux
3.1
debian/debian_linux
4.0
freebsd/freebsd
5.5 (13 CPE variants)
freebsd/freebsd
6.1 (14 CPE variants)
freebsd/freebsd
6.2 (5 CPE variants)
... and 9 more
Published
Jul 16, 2007
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026