CVE-2018-16229 Memory corruption in n/a
A buffer over-read in the DCCP 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-2018-16229?
CVE-2018-16229 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 DCCP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer over-read in print-dccp.c:dccp_print_option().
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-16229?
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-2018-16229?
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-2018-16229 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-16229 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Mac Os X
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2018-16229, DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16229, GHSA-6c2x-hfpw-ppfx, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16229.