Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 2, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2007-1218
CVE-2007-1218
Description
Off-by-one buffer overflow in the parse_elements function in the 802.11 printer code (print-802_11.c) for tcpdump 3.9.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted 802.11 frame. NOTE: this was originally referred to as heap-based, but it might be stack-based.
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References
32- secunia.com/advisories/24318nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24354nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24423nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24451nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24583nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24610nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/27580nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/28136nvdVendor Advisory
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvdVendor Advisory
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.htmlnvdUS Government Resource
- cvs.tcpdump.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/tcpdump/print-802_11.cnvd
- cvs.tcpdump.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/tcpdump/print-802_11.cnvd
- docs.info.apple.com/article.htmlnvd
- fedoranews.org/cms/node/2798nvd
- fedoranews.org/cms/node/2799nvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.htmlnvd
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Mar/0003.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1272nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.osvdb.org/32427nvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0368.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0387.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/22772nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.turbolinux.com/security/2007/TLSA-2007-46.txtnvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-429-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0793nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32749nvd
- issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1100nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9520nvd
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