CVE-2017-16808
5.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.7%
Description
tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read related to aoe_print in print-aoe.c and lookup_emem in addrtoname.c.
How to fix CVE-2017-16808
To remediate CVE-2017-16808, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/tcpdump—upgrade to 4.9.3-r0 or later
- Debian/tcpdump—upgrade to 4.9.3~git20190901-1 or later
Is CVE-2017-16808 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.9.3-r0
- from 0, < 4.9.3~git20190901-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |