CVE-2018-14882 is a high-severity buffer over-read vulnerability affecting the ICMPv6 parser in tcpdump versions prior to 4.9.3, impacting various products including Apple, Debian, F5, Fedora, openSUSE, and Red Hat. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability can be exploited remotely without user interaction, leading to a denial of service. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tcpdump:tcpdump:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.0.0, <= 5.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:traffix_signaling_delivery_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 10.15.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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