FKIE_CVE-2018-16452

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2019-10-03 16:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:44
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
The SMB parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has stack exhaustion in smbutil.c:smb_fdata() via recursion.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGESRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/24182d959f661327525a20d9a94c98a8ec016778Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU/
cve@mitre.orghttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23
cve@mitre.orghttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/28
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200120-0001/
cve@mitre.orghttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1/
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2/
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4547
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGESRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/24182d959f661327525a20d9a94c98a8ec016778Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00015.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62XY42U6HY3H2APR5EHNWCZ7SAQNMMJN/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNYXF3IY2X65IOD422SA6EQUULSGW7FN/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R2UDPOSGVJQIYC33SQBXMDXHH4QDSDMU/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/28
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200120-0001/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4252-2/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4547
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T01:44:18.680",
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