CVE-2016-7985

Critical

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

Summary

The CALM FAST parser in tcpdump before version 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in the calm_fast_print() function.

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized access to the system or application crashes, threatening data integrity.

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

Original NVD description (English source)

The CALM FAST parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-calm-fast.c:calm_fast_print().