{"id":"CVE-2018-16301","revision":"72dbed7629824095a161efa7e87c5d32","records":[{"revision":"72dbed7629824095a161efa7e87c5d32","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2018-16301","aliases":[],"title":"The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.99.0 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:read_infile(). To trigger this vulnerability the attacker needs to create a 4GB file on the local filesystem and to specify the file name as the va…","description":"The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.99.0 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:read_infile(). To trigger this vulnerability the attacker needs to create a 4GB file on the local filesystem and to specify the file name as the value of the -F command-line argument of tcpdump.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2019-10-03T15:55:20+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-08T21:13:46.491+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"tcpdump","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"tcpdump\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"The Tcpdump Group\",\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"lessThan\": \"4.99.0\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"version\": \"unspecified\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"custom\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"}],"metrics":[],"references":["https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/ad7c25bc0decf96dc7768c9e903734d38528b1bd"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16301","license":"CVE Program Terms of Use","key":"cve-program:CVE-2018-16301","identifiers":["CVE-2018-16301"]},"retained":false,"historicalAffected":[]}],"coverage":[]}