CVE-2018-14880

tcpdump: Buffer over-read in ospf6_print_lshdr() function in print-ospf6.c

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · October 2, 2019

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

An out-of-bounds read vulnerability was discovered in tcpdump while printing OSPFv3 packets captured in a pcap file or coming from the network. A remote attacker may abuse this flaw by sending specially crafted packets that, when printed, would trigger the flaw and crash the application.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read