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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-13031

The IPv6 fragmentation header parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 has a buffer over-read in print-frag6.c:frag6_print().

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1 Nov 2026, 09:07 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-13031

core-osv · Original source

Published 14 Sept 2017, 06:29 UTC

The IPv6 fragmentation header parser in tcpdump before 4.9.2 has a buffer over-read in print-frag6.c:frag6_print().

osv:CVE-2017-13031
Complete source record
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