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CVE-2007-1218

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.8 Published: 2007-03-02 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Off-by-one buffer overflow in the parse_elements function in the 802.11 printer code (print-802_11.c) for tcpdump 3.9.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted 802.11 frame. NOTE: this was originally referred to as heap-based, but it might be stack-based.

Affected Platforms

Tcpdump Tcpdump

Weakness Type

CWE-119, CWE-189

References