CVE-2018-14879

The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:get_next_file()

High · published October 3, 2019

CVSS v3.1
7.0
EPSS
5%
Percentile
91.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:get_next_file().

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.0 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.04667 · 91.7th percentile
Published
2019-10-03T15:33Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 OCT 15:33Z
    The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:get_next_file()
    cvelistv5