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CVE-2017-16808
tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read related to aoe_print in print-aoe.c and lookup_emem in addrtoname.c.
Medium5.5EPSS 3.2%
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- mitre
Description
tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read related to aoe_print in print-aoe.c and lookup_emem in addrtoname.c.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.2% · 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: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (16)
- 1039773 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/issues/645 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1964 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 20191002 [slackware-security] tcpdump (SSA:2019-274-01) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154710/Slackware-Security-Advisory-tcpdump-Updates.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2344 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2348 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-85d92df70f (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-d06bc63433 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-6db0d5b9d9 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20191211 APPLE-SA-2019-12-10-3 macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20191213 APPLE-SA-2019-12-10-3 macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, Security Update 2019-007 High Sierra (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- USN-4252-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- USN-4252-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
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- 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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