CVE-2018-16227
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16227
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16227.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-16227
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2019-10-03T16:15:12Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-21T04:31:08.381420Z
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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.
- References
-
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/4846b3c5d0a850e860baf4f07340495d29837d09
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.html
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/28
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200120-0001/
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4547
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2/
Affected packages
Git / github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed
Affected versions
tcpdump-3.*
tcpdump-3.5.1
tcpdump-3.6.1
tcpdump-3.7.1
tcpdump-3.8-bp
tcpdump-4.*
tcpdump-4.5.0
tcpdump-4.6.0
tcpdump-4.6.0-bp
tcpdump-4.7.0-bp
tcpdump-4.9.0
tcpdump-4.9.0-bp
tcpdump-4.9.1
tcpdump-4.9.2
Database specific
vanir_signatures
[
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"deprecated": false,
"signature_version": "v1",
"digest": {
"threshold": 0.9,
"line_hashes": [
"260527178887615291491279372569759969730",
"137708564359277337480054203088051610218",
"298240062526909483142364042161448577666",
"305938225022394359354304285237942418298"
]
},
"target": {
"file": "print-802_11.c"
},
"id": "CVE-2018-16227-5a3d1b75",
"source": "https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/4846b3c5d0a850e860baf4f07340495d29837d09",
"signature_type": "Line"
},
{
"deprecated": false,
"signature_version": "v1",
"digest": {
"function_hash": "281617910124428780885835396301876821598",
"length": 1902.0
},
"target": {
"function": "ieee802_11_print",
"file": "print-802_11.c"
},
"id": "CVE-2018-16227-d32da9f1",
"source": "https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/4846b3c5d0a850e860baf4f07340495d29837d09",
"signature_type": "Function"
}
]