CVE-2018-14879

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

4.67% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 91.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. 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.

Published

2019-10-03 15:33Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-12-03 20:39Z9 MO AGO

Reserved

2018-08-03

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.0)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base
• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

507da420dc3a0e37324742b9c58270b6cf42caa406d92f4ad04021efd4b108f8

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• github.comhttps://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/9ba91381954ad325ea4fd26b9c65a8bd9a2a85b6x_refsource_CONFIRM
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• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2344http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2348http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-85d92df70fhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-d06bc63433https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-6db0d5b9d9https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• support.f5.comhttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K51512510?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSSx_refsource_CONFIRM
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788x_refsource_CONFIRM
• seclists.org20191211 APPLE-SA-2019-12-10-3 macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, Security Update 2019-007 High Sierrahttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• seclists.org20191213 APPLE-SA-2019-12-10-3 macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, Security Update 2019-007 High Sierrahttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200120-0001/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4252-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4252-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU