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CVE-2015-2155
The force printer in tcpdump before 4.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code…
High7.5EPSS 7.8%
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- mitre
Description
The force printer in tcpdump before 4.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.8% · top 5.3% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (15)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201798 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 73021 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-4939 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:125 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130730/tcpdump-Denial-Of-Service-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:1871 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1031937 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- GLSA-201510-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0114.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2580-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 20150309 tcpdump 4.7.2 remote crashes (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0616 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:182 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- DSA-3193 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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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