CVE-2018-14880
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 3, 2019 at 03:35 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:41 AM UTC
23 products affected across 7 vendorsmacOSDebian LinuxFedora
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
The OSPFv3 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-ospf6.c:ospf6_print_lshdr().
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%11.5.2 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.512.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.513.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.314.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 14.1.215.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 15.0.1
11.5.2 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.512.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.513.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.314.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 14.1.215.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 15.0.1
11.5.2 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.512.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.513.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.314.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 14.1.215.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 15.0.1
11.5.2 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.512.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.513.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.314.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 14.1.215.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 15.0.1
11.5.2 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.512.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.513.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.314.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 14.1.215.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 15.0.1
11.5.2 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.512.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.513.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.314.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 14.1.215.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 15.0.1
11.5.2 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.512.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.513.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.314.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 14.1.215.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 15.0.1
11.5.2 ≤ v ≤ 11.6.512.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 12.1.513.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 13.1.314.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 14.1.215.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 15.0.1
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/e01c9bf76740802025c9328901b55ee4a0c49ed6
- 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/e01c9bf76740802025c9328901b55ee4a0c49ed6Mailing 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/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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