CVE-2019-15161 is a medium-severity vulnerability in libpcap versions prior to 1.9.1, specifically in the rpcapd/daemon.c component, which mishandles length values due to variable reuse. This flaw could allow an unauthenticated attacker to inject extra data at the end of a request, potentially leading to a low impact on integrity. While the vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3 and a FAUCET Risk Score of 28/100, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding it.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tcpdump:libpcap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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