CVE-2007-1218 Off-by-one buffer overflow in the parse_elements function in the 802.11 printer code (print-802_11.c) for tcpdump 3.9.5 and earlier allows r
Medium 6.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-1218 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2007-1218 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tcpdump Tcpdump, published on 2 Mar 2007.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-1218 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Tcpdump Tcpdump. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-1218/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-1218/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2007-1218?
CVE-2007-1218 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tcpdump Tcpdump, published on 2 Mar 2007.
Official description
Off-by-one buffer overflow in the parse_elements function in the 802.11 printer code (print-802_11.c) for tcpdump 3.9.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted 802.11 frame. NOTE: this was originally referred to as heap-based, but it might be stack-based.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-1218?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tcpdump Tcpdump.
How do I fix CVE-2007-1218?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2007-1218 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-1218 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Tcpdump Tcpdump
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-1218, DSA-1272-1, GHSA-r3xv-hqxp-h6pv.