Tcpdump vulnerabilitiesNone on the known-exploited list.

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The short answer

Tcpdump has 181 published vulnerabilities across 3 products in our catalogue. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. The most affected product is Tcpdump, with 172. If you run Tcpdump software, patch the exploited flaws first.

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Products

Which Tcpdump products have the most vulnerabilities?

Tcpdump leads with 172 published vulnerabilities. Open a product to see its versions and which of its flaws criminals are already using.

  1. Tcpdump172
  2. Libpcap8
  3. Tcpslice1
Published vulnerabilities
Known exploited

Which Tcpdump vulnerabilities are being exploited?

This is the list that matters most: flaws criminals are using now.

None of Tcpdump's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.

Exploit likelihood

Which Tcpdump flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. 70%

    Integer overflow in print-bgp.c in the BGP dissector in tcpdump 3.9.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted TLVs in a BGP packet, related to an unchecked return value.

    CVSS9.8Published16 Jul 2007
  2. 60%

    Integer underflow in the isakmp_id_print for TCPDUMP 3.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an ISAKMP packet with an Identification payload with a length that becomes less...

    CVSS5.0Published4 May 2004
  3. 19%

    The rpki_rtr_pdu_print function in print-rpki-rtr.c in the TCP printer in tcpdump before 4.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write and crash) via a crafted header length...

    CVSS5.0Published24 Mar 2015
  4. 7.8%

    The force printer in tcpdump before 4.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

    CVSS7.5Published24 Mar 2015
  5. 6.8%

    Integer signedness error in the mobility_opt_print function in the IPv6 mobility printer in tcpdump before 4.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) or possibly execute...

    CVSS7.5Published24 Mar 2015
  6. 6.8%

    The IEEE 802.11 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-802_11.c for the Mesh Flags subfield.

    CVSS7.5Published3 Oct 2019
  7. 6.8%

    The DCCP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-dccp.c:dccp_print_option().

    CVSS7.5Published3 Oct 2019
  8. 6.2%

    The ATM parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-atm.c:sig_print().

    CVSS9.8Published28 Jan 2017
  9. 6.2%

    tcpdump 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in the sliplink_print function in print-sl.c.

    CVSS9.8Published23 Jul 2017
  10. 6.0%

    The IPv6 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-ip6.c:ip6_print().

    CVSS9.8Published28 Jan 2017
Every product

All Tcpdump products we track.

3 products, most vulnerabilities first. Find the ones you run, then open a product to see its versions and exploited flaws.

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Our catalogue lists 181 published vulnerabilities across 3 products and 81 versions from Tcpdump.

None of Tcpdump's vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today.

Tcpdump, with 172 published vulnerabilities. Its own page lists the ones known to be exploited.

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