CVE-2017-12987
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12987
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-12987.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-12987
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2017-09-14T06:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-15T08:45:24.882887Z
- Severity
-
- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
The IEEE 802.11 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 has a buffer over-read in print-80211.c:parseelements().
- References
-
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3971
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039307
- http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/2ecb9d2c67d9119250c54811a6ce4d0f2ddf44f1
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/99798bd9a41bd3d03fdc1e949810a38967f20ed3
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23
- https://support.apple.com/HT208221
Affected packages
Git / github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixedFixed
Affected versions
tcpdump-3.*
tcpdump-3.5.1
tcpdump-3.6.1
tcpdump-3.7.1
tcpdump-3.8-bp
tcpdump-4.*
tcpdump-4.5.0
tcpdump-4.6.0
tcpdump-4.6.0-bp
tcpdump-4.7.0-bp
tcpdump-4.9.0-bp
Database specific
vanir_signatures
[
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"digest": {
"function_hash": "290251754563842359428981773949044366101",
"length": 3468.0
},
"source": "https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/99798bd9a41bd3d03fdc1e949810a38967f20ed3",
"signature_version": "v1",
"deprecated": false,
"id": "CVE-2017-12987-11491de0",
"target": {
"file": "print-802_11.c",
"function": "parse_elements"
},
"signature_type": "Function"
},
{
"digest": {
"threshold": 0.9,
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]
},
"source": "https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/99798bd9a41bd3d03fdc1e949810a38967f20ed3",
"signature_version": "v1",
"deprecated": false,
"id": "CVE-2017-12987-b52f26bd",
"target": {
"file": "print-802_11.c"
},
"signature_type": "Line"
}
]