High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 3, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-16301
CVE-2018-16301
Description
The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.99.0 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:read_infile(). To trigger this vulnerability the attacker needs to create a 4GB file on the local filesystem and to specify the file name as the value of the -F command-line argument of tcpdump.
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Affected products
81- osv-coords78 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/libpcap&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/libpcap&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/tcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/tcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/tcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/tcpdump&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/libpcap&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/libpcap&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/libpcap&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205pkg:rpm/suse/libpcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libpcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/libpcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/libpcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libpcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/libpcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libpcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/libpcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/libpcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libpcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libpcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/libpcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libpcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/libpcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libpcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libpcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libpcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libpcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/libpcap&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/libpcap&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/libpcap&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/libpcap&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%207pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Point%20of%20Sale%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Real%20Time%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/tcpdump&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Application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< 1.8.1-lp150.3.3.1+ 77 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.1-lp150.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.1-lp151.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-lp150.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-lp151.4.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-3.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.99.1-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 1.8.1-10.3.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-14.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-14.14.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-3.18.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-14.14.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-3.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-3.18.1
- (no CPE)range: < 3.9.8-1.30.13.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 3.9.8-1.30.13.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-14.14.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-14.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-14.14.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-14.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-14.14.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-3.18.1
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- (no CPE)range: < 4.9.2-14.20.1
- The Tcpdump Group/tcpdumpv5Range: unspecified
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