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CVE-2018-14879
The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:get_next_file().
High7.0EPSS 4.7%
- Published
- Updated
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- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:get_next_file().
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.7% · top 8.2% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (17)
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/9ba91381954ad325ea4fd26b9c65a8bd9a2a85b6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20191011 [SECURITY] [DLA 1955-1] tcpdump security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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
- 20191021 [SECURITY] [DSA 4547-1] tcpdump security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-4547 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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.f5.com/csp/article/K51512510?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200120-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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
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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