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CVE-2017-12987

tcpdump: Buffer over-read in print-802_11.c:parse_elements() in IEEE 802.11 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 · May 13, 2026

Description

The IEEE 802.11 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 has a buffer over-read in print-802_11.c:parse_elements().

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