Is CVE-2007-3798 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-3798 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-3798?

CVE-2007-3798 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

CVE-2007-3798

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8EPSS 70.4%EU EUVD

Integer overflow in print-bgp.c in the BGP dissector in tcpdump 3.9.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted TLVs in a BGP packet, related to an unchecked return value.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.8 (v3.1)
Severity: CRITICAL
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-252
EPSS score: 70.4% (99th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-3782)
Published: July 16, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-3782 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on October 15, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apple / mac os x
apple / mac os x server
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
freebsd / freebsd
slackware / slackware
slackware / slackware
slackware / slackware
slackware / slackware
slackware / slackware
slackware / slackware
slackware / slackware
tcpdump / tcpdump

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Apple Mac OS X v10.3.6 and Apple Mac OS X Server V10.3.6 - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0086-2005 - archived

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=184815(Third Party Advisory)
http://cvs.tcpdump.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/tcpdump/print-bgp.c?r1=1.91.2.11&r2=1.91.2.12(Broken Link)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307179(Broken Link)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html(Mailing List)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26135(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26168(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26223(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26231(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26263(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26266(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26286(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26395(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26404(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26521(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27580(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-07:06.tcpdump.asc(Third Party Advisory)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-14.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.449313(Mailing List, Patch)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1353(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.digit-labs.org/files/exploits/private/tcpdump-bgp.c(Exploit)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:148(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_16_sr.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0368.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0387.html(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474225/100/0/threaded(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24965(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018434(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0023/(Broken Link)
http://www.turbolinux.com/security/2007/TLSA-2007-46.txt(Broken Link)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-492-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2578(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9771(Broken Link)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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