CVE-2017-12899
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 3.3% (pctl 88)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
The DECnet parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 has a buffer over-read in print-decnet.c:decnet_print().
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3.28% — more likely to be exploited than 88% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-125 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-09-14 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (5)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| debian | debian linux |
| redhat | enterprise linux desktop |
| redhat | enterprise linux server |
| redhat | enterprise linux server aus |
| tcpdump | tcpdump |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039307
- http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/c6e0531b5def26ecf912e8de6ade86cbdaed3751
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/f96003b21e2abfbba59b926b10a7f9bc7d11e36c
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23
- https://support.apple.com/HT208221
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039307
- http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/c6e0531b5def26ecf912e8de6ade86cbdaed3751
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/f96003b21e2abfbba59b926b10a7f9bc7d11e36c
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23
- https://support.apple.com/HT208221
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