Buffer overflow in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2018-14879
The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:get_next_file().
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.047 (91.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.047 · newest: 0.047 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Mac OS X
- F5 Traffix Signaling Delivery Controller
- Tcpdump
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 29, 30, 31
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.0, 15.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/9ba91381954ad325ea4fd26b9c65a8bd9a2… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/28 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4547 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-14879?
- CVE-2018-14879 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2019-10-03.
- How severe is CVE-2018-14879?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-14879 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.