OOBR in rpcap client in libpcap before 1.10.7 (The Tcpdump Group libpcap)

CVE-2026-18238
MEDIUM 5.0

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.18 % · percentile 7 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Tcpdump
NVD status
Awaiting Analysis

Description

The rpcap client code that processes a RPCAP_MSG_PACKET message received from the server incorrectly validates its headers. A malicious server can send a crafted message and cause the client to treat up to 20 bytes of the client process memory beyond the end of the buffer as if it was a part of the captured packet.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-1288 — Improper Validation of Consistency within Input
  • CWE-126 — Buffer Over-read

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.0CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:NTcpdump
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.0CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:NNVD · security@tcpdump.org (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
The Tcpdump Group · libpcapaffected 1.8.x ; affected 1.9.x ; affected 1.10.x < 1.10.7

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD