CVE-2018-16301

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:tcpdump:tcpdump:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2019-10-03 16:15

Updated : 2022-02-14 17:35


NVD link : CVE-2018-16301

Mitre link : CVE-2018-16301


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Products Affected

tcpdump

  • tcpdump
CWE
CWE-120

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')