CVE-2016-7984

Critical

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

Summary

The TFTP parser in tcpdump before version 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-tftp.c:tftp_print().

Exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to unauthorized system access or execution of malicious code.

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

Original NVD description (English source)

The TFTP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-tftp.c:tftp_print().