Off-by-one buffer overflow in the parse_elements function in the 802.11 printer code (print-802_11.c) for tcpdump 3.9.5 and earlier allows…

Description

Off-by-one buffer overflow in the parse_elements function in the 802.11 printer code (print-802_11.c) for tcpdump 3.9.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted 802.11 frame. NOTE: this was originally referred to as heap-based, but it might be stack-based.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.

Weakness

• n/a
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• CWE-189 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-189 and its CVEs

Affected products

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  • affected n/a

References (32)

• RHSA-2007:0387 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• ADV-2007-4238 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 22772 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• TA07-352A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• 32427 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• DSA-1272 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 27580 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2007-347 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• USN-429-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 28136 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2007-0793 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 24354 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• tcpdump-print80211c-bo(32749) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• http://cvs.tcpdump.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/tcpdump/print-802_11.c?r1=1.31.2.11&r2=1.31.2.12 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1100 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=168916 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• RHSA-2007:0368 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9520 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 24423 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20070301 tcpdump: off-by-one heap overflow in 802.11 printer (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• MDKSA-2007:056 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2007-12-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• 24451 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDKSA-2007:155 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 24610 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 24583 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1017717 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• FEDORA-2007-348 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• TLSA-2007-46 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TURBOx_transferred
• http://cvs.tcpdump.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/tcpdump/print-802_11.c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 24318 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 12:50 UTC.