PT-2026-86441 · Tcpdump+2 · Libpcap

CVE-2026-18238

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Published

2026-09-05

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Updated

2026-09-10

CVSS v3.1

5.0

Medium

VectorAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
The rpcap client code that processes a RPCAP MSG PACKET message received from the server incorrectly validates its headers. A malicious server can send a crafted message and cause the client to treat up to 20 bytes of the client process memory beyond the end of the buffer as if it was a part of the captured packet.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Over-read

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-18238
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11744-1

Affected Products

Libpcap