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CVE-2026-31912
Published:September 05, 2026
Updated:September 22, 2026
libpcap BPF interpreter detects neither reaching the end of the filter program buffer due to lack of a return instruction nor executing a jump instruction with an offset that translates to a pointer outside of the buffer. In particular uncommon use cases a crafted filter program can cause the interpreter to try reading the OS process memory in the 32GiB around the buffer on 64-bit architectures and in the entire address space on 32-bit architectures.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=libpcap-0.5.1 <libpcap-1.10.7
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version libpcap-1.10.7
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input
Out-of-bounds Read
Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset
EPSS
Base Score:
0.10