CVE-2017-5342 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in tcpdump versions prior to 4.9.0, specifically within multiple protocol parsers (Geneve, GRE, NSH, OTV, VXLAN, and VXLAN GPE) in print-ether.c:ether_print(). This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.0 score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating it can be exploited remotely without user interaction (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tcpdump:tcpdump:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.