CVE-2017-12893

tcpdump: Buffer over-read in smbutil.c:name_len() in SMB/CIFS parser

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

6.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · September 13, 2017

Updated · December 5, 2025

Description

The SMB/CIFS parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 has a buffer over-read in smbutil.c:name_len().

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read