9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2016-7925
"Apache tcpdump SLIP Parser Buffer Overflow"
Description

The compressed SLIP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-sl.c:sl_if_print().

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 28, 2017, 1:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:58 a.m.

Source :

cve@mitre.org

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-7925 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Tcpdump tcpdump

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-7925 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-7925 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3775
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95852
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037755
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1871
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-30
    Added Reference https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg1494526.html
  • CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg1494526.html [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org/msg1494526.html
  • CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org

    Jan. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1871 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org

    Nov. 04, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3775 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org

    Jul. 25, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037755 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org

    Jul. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201702-30 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by nvd@nist.gov

    Feb. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95852 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95852 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org/msg1494526.html No Types Assigned https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org/msg1494526.html Third Party Advisory, Mailing List, Issue Tracking
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:tcpdump:tcpdump:4.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
  • CVE Modified by cve@mitre.org

    Feb. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95852 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.92 }} -1.13%

score

0.73939

percentile

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