CVE-2026-6244

division by zero in libpcap before 1.10.7

CVE-2026-6244 is fixed in 4 products on 1 platform, first by FEDORA-2026-4401B94AD0, released September 10, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
5.5
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0015
4th percentile

libpcap BPF interpreter for the 'div #k' and 'mod #k' ALU instructions does not check whether the immediate value is zero. In particular uncommon use cases a crafted filter program can cause a division by zero.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
libpcap · Debian 14 1.10.7-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-6244 Sep 14, 2026
libpcap · Fedora 43 14:1.10.7-1.fc43 FEDORA-2026-4401B94AD0 Sep 10, 2026
libpcap · amzn 2023 14:1.10.7-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-3100 Sep 28, 2026
libpcap · opensuse-leap 16.0 1.10.5-160000.5.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21940-1 Sep 23, 2026
libpcap · sles 15.6 1.10.4-150600.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4194-1 Sep 15, 2026
libpcap · sles 15.7 1.10.5-150700.3.13.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4188-1 Sep 15, 2026
libpcap · sles 16.0 1.10.5-160000.5.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23907-1 Sep 23, 2026
libpcap-debuginfo · Fedora 43 14:1.10.7-1.fc43 FEDORA-2026-4401B94AD0 Sep 10, 2026
libpcap-debuginfo · amzn 2023 14:1.10.7-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-3100 Sep 28, 2026
libpcap-debugsource · Fedora 43 14:1.10.7-1.fc43 FEDORA-2026-4401B94AD0 Sep 10, 2026
libpcap-debugsource · amzn 2023 14:1.10.7-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-3100 Sep 28, 2026
libpcap-devel · Fedora 43 14:1.10.7-1.fc43 FEDORA-2026-4401B94AD0 Sep 10, 2026
libpcap-devel · amzn 2023 14:1.10.7-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-3100 Sep 28, 2026

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