High
Security advisory
An issue was discovered in Tcpreplay 4.3.1. A NULL pointer dereference occurred in the function get_ipv6_l4proto() located at get.c. This can be triggered by sending a crafted pcap file to the tcpreplay-edit binary. It allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2019-8377
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 11:04 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An issue was discovered in Tcpreplay 4.3.1. A NULL pointer dereference occurred in the function get_ipv6_l4proto() located at get.c. This can be triggered by sending a crafted pcap file to the tcpreplay-edit binary. It allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
osv:CVE-2019-8377
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-8377",
"method": "structured",
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"title": "CVE-2019-8377",
"summary": "An issue was discovered in Tcpreplay 4.3.1. A NULL pointer dereference occurred in the function get_ipv6_l4proto() located at get.c. This can be triggered by sending a crafted pcap file to the tcpreplay-edit binary. It allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.",
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"modified": "2026-10-20T10:52:45.852488429Z",
"provider": "osv",
"references": [
"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4V3SADKXUSHWTVAPU3WLXBDEQUHRA6ZO/",
"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4YAT4AGTHQKB74ETOQPJMV67TSDIAPOC/",
"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EB3ASS7URTIA3IFSBL2DIWJAFKTBJCAW/",
"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MLPY6W7Z7G6PF2JN4LXXHCACYLD4RBG6/",
"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UOSEIQ3D2OONCJEVMGC2TYBC2QX4E5EJ/",
"https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/issues/536",
"https://research.loginsoft.com/bugs/null-pointer-dereference-vulnerability-in-function-get_ipv6_l4proto-tcpreplay-4-3-1/"
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 383789,
"published_at": "2019-02-17T02:29:00.283+00:00"
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