7.0
HIGH
CVE-2018-14879
"tcpdump Command-Line Argument Parser Buffer Overflow"
Description

The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:get_next_file().

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 3, 2019, 4:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:53 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2018-14879 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-14879 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 Redhat enterprise_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Opensuse leap
1 Apple mac_os_x
1 Tcpdump tcpdump
1 F5 traffix_signaling_delivery_controller
: Total Affected Vendor : 7 | Products : 7
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-14879.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/9ba91381954ad325ea4fd26b9c65a8bd9a2a85b6 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.html Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/28 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200120-0001/
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788 Third Party Advisory
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K51512510?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2/
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4547 Third Party Advisory

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-14879 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-14879 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 [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K51512510?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K51512510?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 16, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:f5:traffix_sdc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.0.0 from (including) 5.1.0 OR *cpe:2.3:a:f5:traffix_signaling_delivery_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.0.0 from (including) 5.1.0
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 05, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 29, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 20, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200120-0001/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 16, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Removed CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Removed CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23 No Types Assigned https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/28 No Types Assigned https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/28 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K51512510?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS No Types Assigned https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K51512510?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4547 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4547 Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:tcpdump:tcpdump:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.9.3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:f5:traffix_sdc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.0.0 up to (including) 5.1.0 *cpe:2.3:a:tcpdump:tcpdump:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.9.3 *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 10.15.2 *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 13, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 11, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 10, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 08, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K51512510?utm_source=f5support&utm_medium=RSS [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 28, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 25, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 22, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4547 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 22, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/28 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 21, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 04, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES No Types Assigned https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/9ba91381954ad325ea4fd26b9c65a8bd9a2a85b6 No Types Assigned https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/9ba91381954ad325ea4fd26b9c65a8bd9a2a85b6 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-120
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:tcpdump:tcpdump:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 4.9.3
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.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-14879 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-14879 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-92: Forced Integer Overflow Forced Integer Overflow CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers
Exploit Prediction

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

0.27 }} 0.11%

score

0.68012

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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