Description
On Windows only, if libpcap needs to convert a Windows error message to UTF-8 and the message includes characters that UTF-8 represents using 4 bytes, utf_16le_to_utf_8_truncated() can write data beyond the end of the provided buffer.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
1.9
EPSS
0.0002
EPSS Percentile
5.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (1)
The Tcpdump Group/libpcap
1.10.0 - 1.10.6
Published
Dec 31, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026