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CVE-2019-15165
sf-pcapng.c in libpcap before 1.9.1 does not properly validate the PHB header length before allocating memory.
Medium5.3EPSS 2.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
sf-pcapng.c in libpcap before 1.9.1 does not properly validate the PHB header length before allocating memory.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 45 days later
· 45 days later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 13% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (20)
- https://www.tcpdump.org/public-cve-list.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/blob/libpcap-1.9/CHANGES (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/a5a36d9e82dde7265e38fe1f87b7f11c461c29f6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/87d6bef033062f969e70fa40c43dfd945d5a20ab (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2343 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2345 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20191021 [SECURITY] [DLA 1967-1] libpcap security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-eaa681d33e (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-4fe461079f (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2019-b92ce3144a (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
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210790 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210785 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210789 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-4221-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_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-4221-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20211226 [SECURITY] [DLA 2850-1] libpcap security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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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