CVE-2026-0799: CWE-129 Improper Validation of Array Index in The Tcpdump Group libpcap
In BPF instructions that load/store a value from/to a scratch memory register the register index is an unsigned 32-bit integer and must not exceed 15, but libpcap BPF interpreter does not validate the value. In particular uncommon use cases a crafted filter program can cause the interpreter to try reading and writing the OS process memory in the 16GiB starting at the current stack frame on 64-bit architectures and in the entire address space on 32-bit architectures.
CVE-2026-0799: CWE-129 Improper Validation of Array Index in The Tcpdump Group libpcap
Description
In BPF instructions that load/store a value from/to a scratch memory register the register index is an unsigned 32-bit integer and must not exceed 15, but libpcap BPF interpreter does not validate the value. In particular uncommon use cases a crafted filter program can cause the interpreter to try reading and writing the OS process memory in the 16GiB starting at the current stack frame on 64-bit architectures and in the entire address space on 32-bit architectures.
CVSS v3.1
Score 8.7high
Affected software
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Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Tcpdump
- Date Reserved
- 2026-01-08T23:19:31.855Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a9c688aacd9273b49460eb6
Added to database: 09/05/2026, 19:07:54 UTC
Last updated: 09/05/2026, 20:52:11 UTC
Views: 4
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