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By the Year
In 2024 there have been 0 vulnerabilities in Tcpdump . Last year Tcpdump had 1 security vulnerability published. Right now, Tcpdump is on track to have less security vulnerabilities in 2024 than it did last year.
| Year | Vulnerabilities | Average Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2023 | 1 | 6.50 |
| 2022 | 1 | 9.10 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2020 | 2 | 7.50 |
| 2019 | 26 | 7.51 |
| 2018 | 1 | 5.50 |
It may take a day or so for new Tcpdump vulnerabilities to show up in the stats or in the list of recent security vulnerabilties. Additionally vulnerabilities may be tagged under a different product or component name.
Recent Tcpdump Security Vulnerabilities
The SMB protocol decoder in tcpdump version 4.99.3
CVE-2023-1801
6.5 - Medium
- April 07, 2023
The SMB protocol decoder in tcpdump version 4.99.3 can perform an out-of-bounds write when decoding a crafted network packet.
Memory Corruption
The VRRP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-vrrp.c:vrrp_print() for VRRP version 3
CVE-2019-15167
9.1 - Critical
- August 27, 2022
The VRRP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-vrrp.c:vrrp_print() for VRRP version 3, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-14463.
Out-of-bounds Read
The ppp decapsulator in tcpdump 4.9.3
CVE-2020-8037
7.5 - High
- November 04, 2020
The ppp decapsulator in tcpdump 4.9.3 can be convinced to allocate a large amount of memory.
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
The tok2strbuf() function in tcpdump 4.10.0-PRE-GIT was used by the SOME/IP dissector in an unsafe way.
CVE-2020-8036
7.5 - High
- November 04, 2020
The tok2strbuf() function in tcpdump 4.10.0-PRE-GIT was used by the SOME/IP dissector in an unsafe way.
Out-of-bounds Read
lmp_print_data_link_subobjs() in print-lmp.c in tcpdump before 4.9.3 lacks certain bounds checks.
CVE-2019-15166
7.5 - High
- October 03, 2019
lmp_print_data_link_subobjs() in print-lmp.c in tcpdump before 4.9.3 lacks certain bounds checks.
Classic Buffer Overflow
The ICMPv6 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-icmp6.c.
CVE-2018-14882
7.5 - High
- October 03, 2019
The ICMPv6 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-icmp6.c.
Out-of-bounds Read
The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.99.0 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:read_infile()
CVE-2018-16301
7.8 - High
- October 03, 2019
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.
Classic Buffer Overflow
The SMB parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has stack exhaustion in smbutil.c:smb_fdata()
CVE-2018-16452
7.5 - High
- October 03, 2019
The SMB parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has stack exhaustion in smbutil.c:smb_fdata() via recursion.
Stack Exhaustion
The SMB parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has buffer over-reads in print-smb.c:print_trans() for \MAILSLOT\BROWSE and \PIPE\LANMAN.
CVE-2018-16451
7.5 - High
- October 03, 2019
The SMB parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has buffer over-reads in print-smb.c:print_trans() for \MAILSLOT\BROWSE and \PIPE\LANMAN.
Out-of-bounds Read
The BGP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3
CVE-2018-16300
7.5 - High
- October 03, 2019
The BGP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 allows stack consumption in print-bgp.c:bgp_attr_print() because of unlimited recursion.
Stack Exhaustion
The BGP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-bgp.c:bgp_attr_print() (MP_REACH_NLRI).
CVE-2018-16230
7.5 - High
- October 03, 2019
The BGP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-bgp.c:bgp_attr_print() (MP_REACH_NLRI).
Out-of-bounds Read
The DCCP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-dccp.c:dccp_print_option().
CVE-2018-16229
7.5 - High
- October 03, 2019
The DCCP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-dccp.c:dccp_print_option().
Out-of-bounds Read
The HNCP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-hncp.c:print_prefix().
CVE-2018-16228
7.5 - High
- October 03, 2019
The HNCP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-hncp.c:print_prefix().
Out-of-bounds Read
The IEEE 802.11 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-802_11.c for the Mesh Flags subfield.
CVE-2018-16227
7.5 - High
- October 03, 2019
The IEEE 802.11 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-802_11.c for the Mesh Flags subfield.
Out-of-bounds Read
The BGP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-bgp.c:bgp_capabilities_print() (BGP_CAPCODE_RESTART).
CVE-2018-14881
7.5 - High
- October 03, 2019
The BGP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-bgp.c:bgp_capabilities_print() (BGP_CAPCODE_RESTART).
Out-of-bounds Read
The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:get_next_file().
CVE-2018-14879
7 - High
- October 03, 2019
The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:get_next_file().
Classic Buffer Overflow
tcpdump before 4.9.3 mishandles the printing of SMB data (issue 1 of 2).
CVE-2018-10103
9.8 - Critical
- October 03, 2019
tcpdump before 4.9.3 mishandles the printing of SMB data (issue 1 of 2).
Improper Input Validation
tcpdump before 4.9.3 mishandles the printing of SMB data (issue 2 of 2).
CVE-2018-10105
9.8 - Critical
- October 03, 2019
tcpdump before 4.9.3 mishandles the printing of SMB data (issue 2 of 2).
Improper Input Validation
The LDP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-ldp.c:ldp_tlv_print().
CVE-2018-14461
7.5 - High
- October 03, 2019
The LDP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-ldp.c:ldp_tlv_print().
Out-of-bounds Read
The ICMP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-icmp.c:icmp_print().
CVE-2018-14462
7.5 - High
- October 03, 2019
The ICMP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-icmp.c:icmp_print().
Out-of-bounds Read
The VRRP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-vrrp.c:vrrp_print() for VRRP version 2
CVE-2018-14463
7.5 - High
- October 03, 2019
The VRRP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-vrrp.c:vrrp_print() for VRRP version 2, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-15167.
Out-of-bounds Read
The LMP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-lmp.c:lmp_print_data_link_subobjs().
CVE-2018-14464
7.5 - High
- October 03, 2019
The LMP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-lmp.c:lmp_print_data_link_subobjs().
Out-of-bounds Read
The RSVP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-rsvp.c:rsvp_obj_print().
CVE-2018-14465
7.5 - High
- October 03, 2019
The RSVP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-rsvp.c:rsvp_obj_print().
Out-of-bounds Read
The Rx parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-rx.c:rx_cache_find() and rx_cache_insert().
CVE-2018-14466
7.5 - High
- October 03, 2019
The Rx parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-rx.c:rx_cache_find() and rx_cache_insert().
Out-of-bounds Read
The BGP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-bgp.c:bgp_capabilities_print() (BGP_CAPCODE_MP).
CVE-2018-14467
7.5 - High
- October 03, 2019
The BGP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-bgp.c:bgp_capabilities_print() (BGP_CAPCODE_MP).
Out-of-bounds Read
The FRF.16 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-fr.c:mfr_print().
CVE-2018-14468
7.5 - High
- October 03, 2019
The FRF.16 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-fr.c:mfr_print().
Out-of-bounds Read
The IKEv1 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-isakmp.c:ikev1_n_print().
CVE-2018-14469
7.5 - High
- October 03, 2019
The IKEv1 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-isakmp.c:ikev1_n_print().
Out-of-bounds Read
The Babel parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-babel.c:babel_print_v2().
CVE-2018-14470
7.5 - High
- October 03, 2019
The Babel parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-babel.c:babel_print_v2().
Out-of-bounds Read
The OSPFv3 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-ospf6.c:ospf6_print_lshdr().
CVE-2018-14880
7.5 - High
- October 03, 2019
The OSPFv3 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-ospf6.c:ospf6_print_lshdr().
Out-of-bounds Read
tcpdump.org tcpdump 4.9.2 is affected by: CWE-126: Buffer Over-read
CVE-2019-1010220
3.3 - Low
- July 22, 2019
tcpdump.org tcpdump 4.9.2 is affected by: CWE-126: Buffer Over-read. The impact is: May expose Saved Frame Pointer, Return Address etc. on stack. The component is: line 234: "ND_PRINT((ndo, "%s", buf));", in function named "print_prefix", in "print-hncp.c". The attack vector is: The victim must open a specially crafted pcap file.
Out-of-bounds Read
In tcpdump 4.9.2, a stack-based buffer over-read exists in the print_prefix function of print-hncp.c via crafted packet data
CVE-2018-19519
5.5 - Medium
- November 25, 2018
In tcpdump 4.9.2, a stack-based buffer over-read exists in the print_prefix function of print-hncp.c via crafted packet data because of missing initialization.
Missing Initialization of Resource
Integer overflow in print-bgp.c in the BGP dissector in tcpdump 3.9.6 and earlier
CVE-2007-3798
9.8 - Critical
- July 16, 2007
Integer overflow in print-bgp.c in the BGP dissector in tcpdump 3.9.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted TLVs in a BGP packet, related to an unchecked return value.
Unchecked Return Value
TCPDUMP 3.8.1 and earlier
CVE-2004-0183
- May 04, 2004
TCPDUMP 3.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via ISAKMP packets containing a Delete payload with a large number of SPI's, which causes an out-of-bounds read, as demonstrated by the Striker ISAKMP Protocol Test Suite.
Out-of-bounds Read
Integer underflow in the isakmp_id_print for TCPDUMP 3.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an ISAKMP packet with an Identification payload with a length
CVE-2004-0184
- May 04, 2004
Integer underflow in the isakmp_id_print for TCPDUMP 3.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an ISAKMP packet with an Identification payload with a length that becomes less than 8 during byte order conversion, which causes an out-of-bounds read, as demonstrated by the Striker ISAKMP Protocol Test Suite.
Out-of-bounds Read
