CVE-2018-14463 Memory corruption in n/a
A buffer over-read in tcpdump's VRRP parser allows attackers to cause denial of service or disclose sensitive memory contents via crafted packets.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-14463?
CVE-2018-14463 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 3 Oct 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The VRRP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-vrrp.c:vrrp_print() for VRRP version 2, a different vulnerability than CVE-2019-15167.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-14463?
It affects 7 products.
Products include Apple Mac Os X, Debian Debian Linux, F5 Traffix Signaling Delivery Controller, Fedoraproject Fedora, Opensuse Leap, Redhat Enterprise Linux and 1 more.
How do I fix CVE-2018-14463?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2018-14463 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-14463 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Mac Os X
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2018-14463, DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14463, GHSA-m7mm-hg28-h6pj, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14463.