The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:get_next_file().
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-10-03T15:33:33.000Z

Updated: 2025-12-03T20:39:47.533Z

Reserved: 2018-08-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-14879

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T09:46:23.862Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-10-03T16:15:12.133

Modified: 2025-12-03T21:15:49.983

Link: CVE-2018-14879

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2019-10-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-14879 - Bugzilla