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CVE-2016-7992

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7992 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the Classical IP over ATM parser within tcpdump versions prior to 4.9.0. This flaw, located in print-cip.c:cip_if_print(), can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical CVSS score of 9.8, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tcpdump:tcpdump:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0329 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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.

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 6Fixed in: tcpdump
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: tcpdump

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-7992Moderate

tcpdump: multiple overflow issues in protocol decoding

Feb 2, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1871
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201702-30
mail-archive.com / debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg1494526.html
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3775
securityfocus.com / bid/95852
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1037755