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CVE-2016-7940Disclosure(tcpdump / tcpdump)

LOWCVSS 9.8 · CRITICAL

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

The STP parser in tcpdump before 4.9.0 has a buffer overflow in print-stp.c, multiple functions.

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0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Vendor / third-party advisories
Other references
Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-119

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • tcpdump

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • Disclosure: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
tcpdump
Products
tcpdump

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-05-16: 1Technical Details · 2026-05-16: 105-16
Signal classification1 categories
Disclosure
1100.0%
Referenced assets1 URL
By indicator
Full discourse1 post
  • Israel@f1tym1
    Disclosure

    CVE-2016-7940 | Apple macOS up to 10.12.3 tcpdump memory corruption (HT207615 / Nessus ID 96884) https://ift.tt/1RcNBt3 A vulnerability was found in Apple macOS up to 10.12.3. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component …

    Post summary

    The short post announces CVE-2016-7940, a critical memory corruption bug in tcpdump on macOS up to 10.12.3, but offers no proof of concept, exploitation details, or patch information.

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