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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Tcpdump

Published: 2019-10-03T15:55:20

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:17:38.421Z

Reserved: 2018-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-16301

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-10-03T16:15:12.693

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:53:44.510

Link: CVE-2018-16301

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2019-09-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-16301 - Bugzilla