VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-11543
tcpdump 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in the sliplink_print function in print-sl.c.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 6.20%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.20%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
tcpdump 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in the sliplink_print function in print-sl.c.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 6.20% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- tcpdump/tcpdump
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 6.2% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99939Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039307
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705
- https://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/tcpdump-vul/global-overflow/print-slExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23
- https://support.apple.com/HT208221
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99939Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039307
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705
- https://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/tcpdump-vul/global-overflow/print-slExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23
- https://support.apple.com/HT208221
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.