{"id":"CVE-2017-11542","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-11542","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:25:55.509Z","title":"tcpdump 4.9.0 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the pimv1_print function in print-pim.c.","description":"tcpdump 4.9.0 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the pimv1_print function in print-pim.c.","published":"2017-07-23T03:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:01:58.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-125"],"affected":["tcpdump/tcpdump"],"epss":{"score":0.03791,"percentile":0.89923,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.79%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99940","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039307","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/tcpdump-vul/heap-buffer-overflow/print-pim","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT208221","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99940","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039307","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/tcpdump-vul/heap-buffer-overflow/print-pim","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.apple.com/HT208221","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11542","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}