CVE-2017-13051

CVE-2017-13051 describes a critical buffer over-read vulnerability in the RSVP parser of tcpdump versions prior to 4.9.2, specifically within the print-rsvp.c:rsvp_obj_print() function. This flaw carries a CVSSv3 score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating it can be exploited remotely without user interaction to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit modules like Metasploit or Nuclei available, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.