CVE-2017-12987

CRITICAL

Tcpdump < 4.9.1 - Out-of-Bounds Read

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

The IEEE 802.11 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 has a buffer over-read in print-802_11.c:parse_elements().

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT208221
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039307
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/99798bd9a41bd3d03fdc1e949810a38967f20ed3
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0206
EPSS Percentile 84.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (7)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.6
redhat/enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.7
tcpdump/tcpdump < 4.9.1
Published Sep 14, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026