CVE-2018-16301The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.99.0 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:read_infile().
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The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.99.0 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:read_infile(). To trigger this vulnerability the attacker needs to create a 4GB file on the local filesystem and to specify the file name as the value of the -F command-line argument of tcpdump.
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-190, CWE-787
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Tcpdump
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
The Tcpdump Group tcpdump tcpdump_group:tcpdump (from the name) | from unspecified before 4.99.0 | CNA record |
tcpdump tcpdump tcpdump:tcpdump | before 4.99.0 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/ad7c25bc0decf96dc7768c9e903734d38528b1bdx-refsource-confirm
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