CVE-2016-7974 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting the IP parser in tcpdump versions prior to 4.9.0. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability over the network with low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog. Community discussion and media coverage for this vulnerability are also minimal.
| 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.