Security advisory

{
  "id": "265f0292b69514825aede0acbb01a880fe4bc154c9d68221469fbc1aeaeb057f",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-17580",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-17580",
    "summary": "A heap-based buffer over-read exists in the function fast_edit_packet() in the file send_packets.c of Tcpreplay v4.3.0 beta1. This can lead to Denial of Service (DoS) and potentially Information Exposure when the application attempts to process a crafted pcap file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-17580",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-17580",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-17580"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "b663095bd87b60822d4b8688a48040c8f88fd045"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "b663095bd87b60822d4b8688a48040c8f88fd045"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:broadcom:tcpreplay:4.3.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.3.0-beta1"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.3.0-beta1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.3.0-beta1",
            "v4.3.0-beta1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-17580.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:22.349023740Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/issues/485",
        "https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/blob/master/tcpreplay"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-17580",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381617,
  "published_at": "2018-09-28T09:29:00.683+00:00"
}