CVE-2017-11541
tcpdump 4.9.0 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the lldp_print function in print-lldp.c, related to util-print.c.
02 Description
tcpdump 4.9.0 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the lldp_print function in print-lldp.c, related to util-print.c.
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
- 3.79% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2017-07-23 03:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 18:12Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-07-22
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3c6657ddf35e24b73fb0b666e28463e2c74f1c9ef54d03b146712913b6e9332f
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201709-23https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT208221
- www.debian.orgDSA-3971http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971
- www.securitytracker.com1039307http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039307
- www.securityfocus.com99941http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99941
- github.comhttps://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/tcpdump-vul/heap-buffer-overflow/util-print
- access.redhat.comRHEA-2018:0705https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- tcpdump Fixed in 4.9.2-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- tcpdump Fixed in 4.9.1-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- tcpdump Fixed in 4.9.1-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- tcpdump Fixed in 4.9.1-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- tcpdump Fixed in 4.9.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- tcpdump Fixed in 4.9.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.