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CVE-2007-1218

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-1218 describes an off-by-one buffer overflow in the parse_elements function within the 802.11 printer code of tcpdump versions 3.9.5 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by sending a specially crafted 802.11 frame, causing the application to crash. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.9.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tcpdump:tcpdump:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0282 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: tcpdump-14:3.8.2-12.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: tcpdump-14:3.9.4-11.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-1218Low

tcpdump denial of service

Mar 1, 2007

References

cvs.tcpdump.org / cgi-bin/cvsweb/tcpdump/print-802_11.c
cvs.tcpdump.org / cgi-bin/cvsweb/tcpdump/print-802_11.c
docs.info.apple.com / article.html
fedoranews.org / cms/node/2798
fedoranews.org / cms/node/2799
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
Vendor Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2007/Mar/0003.html
secunia.com / advisories/24318
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/24354
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/24423
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/24451
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/24583
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/24610
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27580
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28136
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/32749
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-1100
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9520
debian.org / security/2007/dsa-1272
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
osvdb.org / 32427
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0368.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0387.html
securityfocus.com / bid/22772
securitytracker.com / id
turbolinux.com / security/2007/TLSA-2007-46.txt
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-429-1
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/0793
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/4238