CVE-2018-16300

The BGP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 allows stack consumption in print-bgp.c:bgp_attr_print() because of unlimited recursion

High · published October 3, 2019

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
4%
Percentile
90.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The BGP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 allows stack consumption in print-bgp.c:bgp_attr_print() because of unlimited recursion.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.04122 · 90.8th percentile
Published
2019-10-03T15:52Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 OCT 15:52Z
    The BGP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 allows stack consumption in print-bgp.c:bgp_attr_print() because of unlimited recursion
    cvelistv5