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Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-16808 · published 13 November 2017

CVE-2017-16808: Tcpdump out-of-bounds read vulnerability

Tcpdump · Tcpdump

tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read related to aoe_print in print-aoe.c and lookup_emem in addrtoname.c.

5.5 CVSS 3.0 Medium EPSS 3.2% · top 12.4% CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds read
5.5CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 4.3
3.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
32References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a heap-based buffer over-read related to aoe_print in print-aoe.c and lookup_emem in addrtoname.c.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00065.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154710/Slackware-Security-Advisory-tcpdump-Updates.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039773 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/issues/645 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQ
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDX
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/2
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00065.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154710/Slackware-Security-Advisory-tcpdump-Updates.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039773 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/issues/645 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQ
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDX
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/2
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2/

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-16808), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-07). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.