Critical
Security advisory
tcpdump 4.9.0 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the lldp_print function in print-lldp.c, related to util-print.c.
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-11541
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- 1 Nov 2026, 05:26 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
tcpdump 4.9.0 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the lldp_print function in print-lldp.c, related to util-print.c.
osv:CVE-2017-11541
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:28.781540125Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://support.apple.com/HT208221",
"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:0705",
"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-23",
"https://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/tcpdump-vul/heap-buffer-overflow/util-print"
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 432135,
"published_at": "2017-07-23T03:29:00.813+00:00"
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