CVE-2007-1218 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Tcpdump
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
20.3%
top 4.47%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 2
Latest updateMay 1
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.
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 6.4