{"id":"CVE-2024-2397","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2024-2397","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:11:09.560Z","title":"Due to a bug in packet data buffers management, the PPP printer in tcpdump can enter an infinite loop when reading a crafted DLT_PPP_SERIAL .pcap savefile.","description":"Due to a bug in packet data buffers management, the PPP printer in tcpdump can enter an infinite loop when reading a crafted DLT_PPP_SERIAL .pcap savefile.  This problem does not affect any tcpdump release, but it affected the git master branch from 2023-06-05 to 2024-03-21.","published":"2024-04-12T14:15:08.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T07:24:27.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"security@tcpdump.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.2,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-835"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00289,"percentile":0.21267,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.29%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/b9811ef5bb1b7d45a90e042f81f3aaf233c8bcb2","source":"security@tcpdump.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GEZRGR3QCW2ZNFIAWMZZOG4ZLFLFNG2M/","source":"security@tcpdump.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HUUI2MBVHFENXNBCHDQZP2RBBA2VD5HG/","source":"security@tcpdump.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/b9811ef5bb1b7d45a90e042f81f3aaf233c8bcb2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GEZRGR3QCW2ZNFIAWMZZOG4ZLFLFNG2M/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HUUI2MBVHFENXNBCHDQZP2RBBA2VD5HG/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-security/2024-September/000298.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2397","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."}