{
  "cveId": "CVE-2018-16301",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16301",
  "summary": "CVE-2018-16301 is fixed in tcpdump on 1 platform, first by tcpdump 4.9.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.2, released November 4, 2020. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.",
  "title": "tcpdump: The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.99.0 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:read_infile()",
  "description": "The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.99.0 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:read_infile(). To trigger this vulnerability the attacker needs to create a 4GB file on the local filesystem and to specify the file name as the value of the -F command-line argument of tcpdump.",
  "published": "2019-09-29T17:00:00Z",
  "severity": "Low",
  "epss": 0.00626,
  "epssPercentile": 0.50253,
  "priority": "Routine",
  "priorityTier": 4,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "fixes": [
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "tcpdump",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "4.9.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.2",
      "fix": "tcpdump 4.9.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.2",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-tcpdump-4.9.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.2",
      "released": "2020-11-04T10:15:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "tcpdump",
      "release": "Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal)",
      "fixedVersion": "4.9.3-4ubuntu0.1",
      "fix": "tcpdump 4.9.3-4ubuntu0.1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-focal-tcpdump-4.9.3-4ubuntu0.1",
      "released": "2020-11-04T10:15:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "noFixYet": [],
  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-07T18:46:35Z",
  "attribution": {
    "text": "Data: Patchblox Patch Radar",
    "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar",
    "terms": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar/use-the-data"
  }
}