What is CVE-2018-17580?

CVE-2018-17580 is a high-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Tcpreplay, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2018-09-28.

How severe is CVE-2018-17580?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Broadcom Tcpreplay

CVE-2018-17580

A heap-based buffer over-read exists in the function fast_edit_packet() in the file send_packets.c of Tcpreplay v4.3.0 beta1. This can lead to Denial of Service (DoS) and potentially Information Exposure when the application attempts to process a crafted pcap file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.012 (65.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Broadcom Tcpreplay — versions 4.3.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17580?: CVE-2018-17580 is a high-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Tcpreplay, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2018-09-28.
How severe is CVE-2018-17580?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.