CVE-2026-31911: CWE-617 Reachable Assertion in The Tcpdump Group libpcap
libpcap BPF interpreter calls abort() if it encounters a BPF instruction that has an invalid opcode. In particular uncommon use cases a crafted filter program can terminate the OS process.
CVE-2026-31911: CWE-617 Reachable Assertion in The Tcpdump Group libpcap
Description
libpcap BPF interpreter calls abort() if it encounters a BPF instruction that has an invalid opcode. In particular uncommon use cases a crafted filter program can terminate the OS process.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.5medium
Affected software
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Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Tcpdump
- Date Reserved
- 2026-03-10T09:30:50.972Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a9c688aacd9273b49460ebc
Added to database: 09/05/2026, 19:07:54 UTC
Last updated: 09/05/2026, 21:52:30 UTC
Views: 8
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