CVE-2016-7929

Critical

Published: 28/01/2017(UTC)Translated: 14/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Summary

The PPPoE ATM parser in tcpdump before version 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in the juniper_parse_header() function.

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to arbitrary code execution or application crashes, posing a threat to system integrity.

It is recommended to update tcpdump to version 4.9.0 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

The Juniper PPPoE ATM parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-juniper.c:juniper_parse_header().