CVE-2016-7928

CRITICAL

tcpdump < 4.8.1 - Buffer Overflow in IPComp Parser

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The IPComp parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-ipcomp.c:ipcomp_print().

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037755
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3775
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1871
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95852
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-30

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0088
EPSS Percentile 75.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
tcpdump/tcpdump < 4.8.1
Published Jan 28, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026