CVE-2016-7938 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Tcpdump

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or WraparoundCWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read9 documents8 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.7%
top 27.61%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
TcpdumpDebian TcpdumpApple Macos Sierra 10.12.4 Security Update 2017-001 EL Capitan AND Security Update 201
Timeline
PublishedJan 28
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The ZeroMQ parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has an integer overflow in print-zeromq.c:zmtp1_print_frame().

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/tcpdump< tcpdump 4.9.0-1 (bookworm)
▶Debiantcpdump/tcpdump< 4.9.0-1+3
▶NVDtcpdump/tcpdump4.8.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-349p-xjcr-7rwx: The ZeroMQ parser in tcpdump before 4↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2016-7938: The ZeroMQ parser in tcpdump before 4↗2017-01-28
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Apple
CVE-2016-7938: macOS Sierra 10.12.4, Security Update 2017-001 El Capitan, and Security Update 2017-001 Yosemite↗2017-03-27
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Ubuntu
tcpdump vulnerabilities↗2017-02-21
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Red Hat
tcpdump: multiple overflow issues in protocol decoding↗2017-02-02
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Debian
CVE-2016-7938: tcpdump - The ZeroMQ parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has an integer overflow in print-zerom...↗2016
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
tcpdump: multiple overflow issues in protocol decoding↗2017-02-03
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Bugzilla
tcpdump: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-02-03
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