CVE-2018-14879
HIGH
7
CVSS Score
Published: October 3, 2019 at 03:33 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:41 AM UTC
7 products affected across 7 vendorsmacOSDebian LinuxFedora
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Severity
HIGH7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:get_next_file().
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 10.15.2
Affected range stops below 10.15.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%5.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 5.1.0
Leap· openSUSEdrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/9ba91381954ad325ea4fd26b9c65a8bd9a2a85b6
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/
References (17)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGESx_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/9ba91381954ad325ea4fd26b9c65a8bd9a2a85b6Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
7HIGHCISA-ADP
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120
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