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CVE-2017-11108

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-07-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

tcpdump 4.9.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via crafted packet data. The crash occurs in the EXTRACT_16BITS function, called from the stp_print function for the Spanning Tree Protocol.

Affected products

• The Tcpdump Group tcpdump: 4.9.0

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468504
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23
• https://support.apple.com/HT208221
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1468504
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23
• https://support.apple.com/HT208221

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