CVE-2018-14879
7.0
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.00%
Description
The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:get_next_file().
How to fix CVE-2018-14879
To remediate CVE-2018-14879, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/tcpdump—upgrade to 4.9.3-r0 or later
- Debian/tcpdump—upgrade to 4.9.3-1 or later
Is CVE-2018-14879 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 4.9.3-r0
- from 0, < 4.9.3-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |