01 Record

CVE-2007-1218

Off-by-one buffer overflow in the parse_elements function in the 802.11 printer code (print-802_11.c) for tcpdump 3.9.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Off-by-one buffer overflow in the parse_elements function in the 802.11 printer code (print-802_11.c) for tcpdump 3.9.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 2.91% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 86.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2007-03-02 20:00Z19 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 12:50Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2007-03-02

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
CWE-189

Data version

5.1

Document digest

6041d39e3cd003b2cc8e709e19042cdbde0015aaac4771e0dc15283d23cd9ee6

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

tcpdumptcpdumpNot specified—

06 References

www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0387http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0387.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
www.vupen.comADV-2007-4238http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
www.securityfocus.com22772http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22772vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.us-cert.govTA07-352Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.htmlthird-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
www.osvdb.org32427http://www.osvdb.org/32427vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
www.debian.orgDSA-1272http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1272vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
secunia.com27580http://secunia.com/advisories/27580third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
fedoranews.orgFEDORA-2007-347http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2798vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
www.ubuntu.comUSN-429-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-429-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
secunia.com28136http://secunia.com/advisories/28136third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.vupen.comADV-2007-0793http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0793vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
secunia.com24354http://secunia.com/advisories/24354third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comtcpdump-print80211c-bo(32749)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32749vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
cvs.tcpdump.orghttp://cvs.tcpdump.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/tcpdump/print-802_11.c?r1=1.31.2.11&r2=1.31.2.12x_refsource_MISC
issues.rpath.comhttps://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1100x_refsource_CONFIRM
bugs.gentoo.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=168916x_refsource_MISC
www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0368http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0368.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9520https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9520vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
secunia.com24423http://secunia.com/advisories/24423third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
seclists.org20070301 tcpdump: off-by-one heap overflow in 802.11 printerhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Mar/0003.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:056http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:056vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2007-12-17http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
secunia.com24451http://secunia.com/advisories/24451third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:155http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:155vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
secunia.com24610http://secunia.com/advisories/24610third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.com24583http://secunia.com/advisories/24583third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.securitytracker.com1017717http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017717vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
docs.info.apple.comhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179x_refsource_CONFIRM
fedoranews.orgFEDORA-2007-348http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2799vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
www.turbolinux.comTLSA-2007-46http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2007/TLSA-2007-46.txtvendor-advisoryx_refsource_TURBO
cvs.tcpdump.orghttp://cvs.tcpdump.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/tcpdump/print-802_11.cx_refsource_CONFIRM
secunia.com24318http://secunia.com/advisories/24318third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

tcpdump
Fixed in 3.9.5-2

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

tcpdump
Fixed in 3.9.5-2

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

tcpdump
Fixed in 3.9.5-2

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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