CVE-2017-13000

critical
Published 2017-09-14 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

The IEEE 802.15.4 parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 has a buffer over-read in print-802_15_4.c:ieee802_15_4_if_print().

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
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-2017-13000

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13000.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/a7e5f58f402e6919ec444a57946bade7dfd6b184

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/9be4e0b5938b705e7e36cfcb110a740c6ff0cb97

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/8512734883227c11568bb35da1d48b9f8466f43f

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.tcpdump.org/tcpdump-changes.txt

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201709-5

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed4.9.2-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed4.9.2-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.9.2-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.9.2-1
debian debiansidfixed4.9.2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.9.2-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
tcpdumptcpdump{"endIncluding":"4.9.1"}

References

CWEs

CWE-125

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