CVE-2019-15166

Tcpdump vulnerability

CVSS

1.6

EPSS

5.0%

EPSS pct

91th

Exploited

No known

lmp_print_data_link_subobjs() in print-lmp.c in tcpdump before 4.9.3 lacks certain bounds checks.

Affected vendor

Tcpdump

Affected product

Tcpdump

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-120 — Classic Buffer Overflow

Published

2019-10-03

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with physical access, high attack complexity, requiring high privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

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