CVE-2016-7993 in macOS

Summary

A bug in util-print.c:relts_print() in tcpdump before 4.9.0 could cause a buffer overflow in multiple protocol parsers (DNS, DVMRP, HSRP, IGMP, lightweight resolver protocol, PIM).

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• Reservation: 09/09/2016
• Disclosure: 01/27/2017
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 2
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-119 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 8.0
• EPSS: 0.00931
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7993
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7993
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-7993/