Description
The CALM FAST parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-calm-fast.c:calm_fast_print().
Published: 2017-01-28
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-809-1 tcpdump security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3775-1 tcpdump security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-8833 The CALM FAST parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-calm-fast.c:calm_fast_print().
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3205-1 tcpdump vulnerabilities
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Redhat Enterprise Linux
Tcpdump Tcpdump
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:13:21.496Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-7985

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-28T01:59:00.890

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-7985

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2017-02-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-7985 - Bugzilla

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