CVE-2018-14881

HIGH

tcpdump < 4.9.3 - Out-of-bounds Read in BGP Parser

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2018-14881. PoCs published by uthrasri.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a partial code snippet from a BGP protocol dissector, likely part of a larger project like tcpdump. It does not contain exploit code or offensive techniques, only protocol definitions and parsing logic.

Description

The BGP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-bgp.c:bgp_capabilities_print() (BGP_CAPCODE_RESTART).

Exploits (1)

nomisec STUB
by uthrasri · poc
https://github.com/uthrasri/CVE-2018-14881_no_patch

This is a partial code snippet from a BGP protocol dissector, likely part of a larger project like tcpdump. It does not contain exploit code or offensive techniques, only protocol definitions and parsing logic.

Classification
Stub 90%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: N/A
No auth needed
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (16)

Core 16
Core References
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/28
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4547
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200120-0001/
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2/
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0476
EPSS Percentile 90.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (12)
apple/mac_os_x < 10.15.2
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
fedoraproject/fedora 29
fedoraproject/fedora 30
fedoraproject/fedora 31
opensuse/leap 15.0
opensuse/leap 15.1
redhat/enterprise_linux 7.0
... and 2 more
Published Oct 03, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026