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CVE-2017-12987
The IEEE 802.11 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 has a buffer over-read in print-802_11.c:parse_elements().
Critical9.8EPSS 3.3%
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Description
The IEEE 802.11 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 has a buffer over-read in print-802_11.c:parse_elements().
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.3% · top 12% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (8)
- GLSA-201709-23 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT208221 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3971 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 1039307 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/99798bd9a41bd3d03fdc1e949810a38967f20ed3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/2ecb9d2c67d9119250c54811a6ce4d0f2ddf44f1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHEA-2018:0705 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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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