CVE-2024-2397

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CVSS 3.1

6.2 medium

EPSS

<1%p21

Published

Apr 12, 2024 (Apr 12, 2024)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

Due to a bug in packet data buffers management, the PPP printer in tcpdump can enter an infinite loop when reading a crafted DLT_PPP_SERIAL .pcap savefile. This problem does not affect any tcpdump release, but it affected the git master branch from 2023-06-05 to 2024-03-21.

Weakness: CWE-835
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.3%)

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