CVE-2017-12987

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

Publication date:

14/09/2017

Last modified:

20/04/2025

Description

The IEEE 802.11 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 has a buffer over-read in print-802_11.c:parse_elements().

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.80 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

9.80

Severity 3.x

CRITICAL

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

7.50

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:tcpdump:tcpdump::::::::		4.9.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.7:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:tcpdump:tcpdump::::::::		4.9.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.7:::::::*

CVE-2017-12987

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools