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Vulnerability record · CVE-2004-0183 · published 4 May 2004

CVE-2004-0183: Tcpdump out-of-bounds read vulnerability

Tcpdump · Tcpdump

TCPDUMP 3.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via ISAKMP packets containing a Delete payload with a large number of SPI's, which causes an out-of-bounds read, as demonstrated by the Striker ISAKMP Protocol Test Suite.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 5.6% · top 7.3% CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds read
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
5.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
30References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

TCPDUMP 3.8.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via ISAKMP packets containing a Delete payload with a large number of SPI's, which causes an out-of-bounds read, as demonstrated by the Striker ISAKMP Protocol Test Suite.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108067265931525&w=2 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/11258 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/11320 Broken Link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1009593 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-478 Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/240790 Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0017.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-219.html Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10003 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt Release Notes
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0015 Broken Link
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1468 Broken LinkIssue Tracking
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15680 Broken LinkVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A972 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9971 Broken Link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=108067265931525&w=2 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/11258 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/11320 Broken Link
http://securitytracker.com/id?1009593 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-478 Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/240790 Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0017.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-219.html Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10003 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt Release Notes
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0015 Broken Link
https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=1468 Broken LinkIssue Tracking
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15680 Broken LinkVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A972 Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9971 Broken Link

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2004-0183), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.