CVE-2018-14879
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.0 High
- Published
- Oct 3, 2019
- Updated
- Dec 3, 2025
- Reserved
- Aug 3, 2018
Description
The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:get_next_file().
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.0 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/9ba91381954ad325ea4fd26b9c65a8bd9a2a85b6
- [debian-lts-announce] 20191011 [SECURITY] [DLA 1955-1] tcpdump security updatemailing-list
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2344vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2348vendor-advisory
- 20191021 [SECURITY] [DSA 4547-1] tcpdump security updatemailing-list
- DSA-4547vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-85d92df70fvendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-d06bc63433vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-6db0d5b9d9vendor-advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K51512510?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788
- 20191211 APPLE-SA-2019-12-10-3 macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, Security Update 2019-007 High Sierramailing-list
- 20191213 APPLE-SA-2019-12-10-3 macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, Security Update 2019-007 High Sierramailing-list
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200120-0001/
- USN-4252-2vendor-advisory
- USN-4252-1vendor-advisory
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