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CVE-2026-31911 (GCVE-0-2026-31911)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-05 18:50 – Updated: 2026-09-05 18:50
VLAI
Title
abort() in libpcap before 1.10.7 on an invalid BPF opcode
Summary
libpcap BPF interpreter calls abort() if it encounters a BPF instruction that has an invalid opcode. In particular uncommon use cases a crafted filter program can terminate the OS process.
CWE
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
The Tcpdump Group libpcap Affected: 0 , < 1.10.7 (semver)
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