What is CVE-2019-15167?

CVE-2019-15167 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Tcpdump, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2022-08-27.

How severe is CVE-2019-15167?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Tcpdump

CVE-2019-15167

The VRRP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-vrrp.c:vrrp_print() for VRRP version 3, a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-14463.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.009 (56.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Tcpdump
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15167?: CVE-2019-15167 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Tcpdump, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2022-08-27.
How severe is CVE-2019-15167?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.