CVE-2007-1218
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 2.9%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 2.9% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-1215)
- Published
- March 2, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-1215 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- tcpdump / tcpdump
References
- http://cvs.tcpdump.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/tcpdump/print-802_11.c
- http://cvs.tcpdump.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/tcpdump/print-802_11.c?r1=1.31.2.11&r2=1.31.2.12
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2798
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2799
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Mar/0003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24318(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24354(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24423(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24451(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24583(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24610(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27580(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28136(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1272
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:056
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:155
- http://www.osvdb.org/32427
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0368.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0387.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22772
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017717
- http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2007/TLSA-2007-46.txt
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-429-1
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0793
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=168916(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32749
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1100
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9520
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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