CVE-2018-16301
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Oct 3, 2019
- Updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Aug 31, 2018
Description
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
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Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
tcpdumpThe Tcpdump Group |
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References
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