CVE-2018-16301
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2018-16301 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | Tcpdump |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2019-10-03 16:15:12 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-10-08 22:16:45 UTC |
| Description | 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. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.006260000 probability, percentile 0.494000000 (date 2026-10-24)
Problem Types: CWE-190 | CWE-787 | CWE-120 | CWE-190 CWE-190 integer overflow or wraparound | CWE-787 CWE-787 out-of-bounds write
| Version | Source | Type | Score | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | [email protected] | Primary | 7.8 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| 2.0 | [email protected] | Primary | 4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
CVSS v3.1 Breakdown
Attack Vector
LocalAttack Complexity
LowPrivileges Required
NoneUser Interaction
RequiredScope
UnchangedConfidentiality
HighIntegrity
HighAvailability
HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
LocalAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
Vendor Declared Affected Products
| Source | Vendor | Product | Version | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | The Tcpdump Group | Tcpdump | affected unspecified 4.99.0 custom | Not specified |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add CVE-2018-16301 to CHANGES. [skip ci] · the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump@ad7c25b · GitHub | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | github.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
Discovery Credit
CNA: Include Security and Mozilla Secure Open Source program (en)
Legacy QID Mappings
- 198735 Ubuntu Security Notification for tcpdump Vulnerabilities (USN-5331-2)
- 500308 Alpine Linux Security Update for libpcap
- 500686 Alpine Linux Security Update for tcpdump
- 504075 Alpine Linux Security Update for libpcap
- 504455 Alpine Linux Security Update for tcpdump
- 672214 EulerOS Security Update for tcpdump (EulerOS-SA-2022-2638)
- 751720 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for tcpdump (SUSE-SU-2022:0505-1)
- 751845 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for tcpdump (SUSE-SU-2022:0774-1)
- 751849 OpenSUSE Security Update for tcpdump (openSUSE-SU-2022:0774-1)
- 753429 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for tcpdump (SUSE-SU-2022:14890-1)
- 900686 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for tcpdump (8504)
- 901771 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for tcpdump (8506-1)