Vulnerability Report

CVE-2018-14879

Title: F5 Traffix Signaling Delivery Controller Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2018-14879

CWE Category CWE-120
Published Date Oct 03, 2019
Modified Date Dec 03, 2025
Exploit Status Available
Score 7.0 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
4.67%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2018-14879: The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:get_next_file().

Impacted Vendors

F
f5 1
L
lbl 1
R
redhat 1
T
tcpdump 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26 https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/9ba91381954ad325ea4fd26b9c65a8bd9a2a85b6 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU/ https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23 https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/28 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200120-0001/ https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788 https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K51512510?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2/ https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4547 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26 https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/9ba91381954ad325ea4fd26b9c65a8bd9a2a85b6 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU/ https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23 https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/28 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200120-0001/ https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788 https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K51512510?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1/ https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2/ https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4547
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.0
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity HIGH
7.0
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.1
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2018-14879 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

GitHub https://github.com/Trinadh465/external_tcpdump_CVE-2018-14879
View Code
MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.