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CVE-2015-0261

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-0261 describes an integer signedness error in the IPv6 mobility printer within tcpdump versions prior to 4.7.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger an out-of-bounds read, leading to a denial of service (crash), and potentially enabling arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity, requiring no authentication and low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tcpdump:tcpdump:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0684 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: tcpdump-14:4.9.0-5.el7
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: tcpdump
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: tcpdump

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-0261Moderate

tcpdump: IPv6 mobility printer mobility_opt_print() typecastimg/signedness error

Mar 9, 2015

References

advisories.mageia.org / MGASA-2015-0114.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153834.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153999.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00084.html
packetstormsecurity.com / files/130730/tcpdump-Denial-Of-Service-Code-Execution.html
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1871
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201510-04
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3193
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/534829/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/73019
securitytracker.com / id/1031937
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2580-1