CVE-2018-16301
HIGHTcpdump < 4.99.0 - Integer Overflow
Title source: ruleDescription
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.
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0006
EPSS Percentile
19.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-190
CWE-120
CWE-787
Status
published
Affected Products (1)
tcpdump/tcpdump
< 4.99.0
Timeline
Published
Oct 03, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026