CVE-2020-8037 (GCVE-0-2020-8037)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-11-04 17:55 – Updated: 2024-09-16 20:27
VLAI?
Title
ppp decapsulator can be convinced to allocate a large amount of memory
Summary
The ppp decapsulator in tcpdump 4.9.3 can be convinced to allocate a large amount of memory.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- memory overallocation error
Assigner
References
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Impacted products
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| The TCPdump Group | tcpdump |
Affected:
4.9.3
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Credits
Hardik Shah
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