Vulnerability CVE-2018-16301
Published: 2019-10-03

Description:
libpcap before 1.9.1, as used in tcpdump before 4.9.3, has a buffer overflow and/or over-read because of errors in pcapng reading.

Type:

CWE-120

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

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Tcpdump -> Tcpdump 

 References:
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/blob/libpcap-1.9/CHANGES
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES
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