7.5

CVE-2017-11108: tcpdump Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2017-11108MGASA-2017-0241UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11108
Published 08-07-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-11108 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in tcpdump. EPSS estimates a 4.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.90%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 4
DLA-1090-1DSA-3971-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11425-1RHEA-2018:0705SUSE-SU-2017:2690-1SUSE-SU-2017:2854-1

Timeline

  1. 08-07-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

tcpdump 4.9.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via crafted packet data. The crash occurs in the EXTRACT_16BITS function, called from the stp_print function for the Spanning Tree Protocol.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

4.90%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.90% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
4.90%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Mageia2 products
  • tcpdump< 4.9.1-1.mga5
  • tcpdump< 4.9.1-1.mga6
Alpine1 product
  • tcpdump< 4.9.1-r0
Debian1 product
  • tcpdump< 4.9.1-1
Tcpdump1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • tcpdump< 4.9.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 4.9.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

5 vendors · 6 products

References

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