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CVE-2016-7993
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-01-28T01:59:00.967 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:53:54.390

Summary

A bug in util-print.c:relts_print() in tcpdump before 4.9.0 could cause a buffer overflow in multiple protocol parsers (DNS, DVMRP, HSRP, IGMP, lightweight resolver protocol, PIM).

Affected products

tcpdump — tcpdump

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References

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