CVE-2015-3138

high
Published 2017-09-28 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
7.5

Description

print-wb.c in tcpdump before 4.7.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and process crash).

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-3138

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/issues/446

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/3ed82f4ed0095768529afc22b923c8f7171fff70

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1212342

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse suse42.2affected
debian debianbookwormfixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiansidfixed0
debian debiantrixiefixed0

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
tcpdumptcpdump{"endIncluding":"4.7.3"}

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.