CVE-2023-1801 (GCVE-0-2023-1801)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-07 20:40 – Updated: 2025-02-13 16:39
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The SMB protocol decoder in tcpdump version 4.99.3 can perform an out-of-bounds write when decoding a crafted network packet.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-787 - out-of-bounds write
Assigner
References
7 references
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Tcpdump Group | tcpdump |
Affected:
4.99.3
|
guessed |
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