Tcpdump

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First CVE: May 31, 1999 · Active for 27 years

16
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 92% of tracked products
2.3
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 73% of tracked products
5.9
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 20% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%

Trends Over Time

The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Tcpdump over time

Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
May 31, 1999
27 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Jun 10, 2005
7,715 days ago

CVE Severity & Scoring

Tcpdump16 CVEs
All CVEs352,427 CVEs
MediumHigh
Attack Vector
Local0 (0.0%)
Network0 (0.0%)
Unknown16 (100.0%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown16 (100.0%)
User Interaction
None0 (0.0%)
Unknown16 (100.0%)
Required0 (0.0%)
Privileges Required
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
None0 (0.0%)
Unknown16 (100.0%)

Top CVEs

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (16 CVEs).

16 CVEs · Highest risk first

CVEPublishedCVSSRiskKEVExploit
Multiple buffer overflows in LBNL tcpdump allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
Dec 11, 200010.037NOYES
ip_print procedure in Tcpdump 3.4a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a packet with a zero length header, which causes an infinite loop and core dump when tcp
Nov 28, 20017.535NOYES
tcpdump 3.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted (1) BGP packet, which is not properly handled by RT_ROUTING_INFO, or (2
May 2, 20055.030NOYES
The bgp_update_print function in tcpdump 3.x does not properly handle a -1 return value from the decode_prefix4 function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
Jun 10, 20055.028NOYES
isakmp_sub_print in tcpdump 3.6 through 3.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a certain malformed ISAKMP packet to UDP port 500, which ca
Mar 7, 20035.027NOYES
The isis_print function, as called by isoclns_print, in tcpdump 3.9.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a zero length, as demonst
May 2, 20055.026NOYES
The rsvp_print function in tcpdump 3.9.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted RSVP packet of length 4.
May 2, 20055.026NOYES
The L2TP protocol parser in tcpdump 3.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and memory consumption) via a packet with invalid data to
Feb 17, 20045.026NOYES
The BGP decoding routines in tcpdump 3.6.x before 3.7 do not properly copy data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash).
Dec 23, 20027.525NONO
tcpdump, Ethereal, and other sniffer packages allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed DNS packets in which a jump offset refers to itself, which causes tc
May 31, 19995.025NOYES

Exploit Exposure

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (16 CVEs).

CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
9 CVEs
56.2% of CVEs· 93rd percentile

Social Chatter

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (16 CVEs).

Media Mentions

Signals from CVEs in this product scope (16 CVEs).

Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Tcpdump

Versions

VersionCVE CountAvg CVSSAvg EPSSKEVExploits
3.9.115.013.5%01
3.915.013.5%01
3.8.315.013.5%01
3.8.215.013.5%01
3.8.115.013.5%01
3.7.215.013.5%01
3.7.145.07.6%02
3.755.08.1%03
3.6.325.011.7%02
3.6.275.46.7%03
3.5_alpha27.59.7%02
3.5a15.07.6%01
3.5.265.07.0%03
3.546.37.8%03
3.4a636.77.1%02
3.466.37.0%05