CVE-2007-1218
N/A
Published: March 2, 2007 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:37 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTcpdump
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
Off-by-one buffer overflow in the parse_elements function in the 802.11 printer code (print-802_11.c) for tcpdump 3.9.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted 802.11 frame. NOTE: this was originally referred to as heap-based, but it might be stack-based.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (32)
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://cvs.tcpdump.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/tcpdump/print-802_11.cVendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISC
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Mar/0003.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/24318Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119CWE-189
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