CVE-2026-0799 (GCVE-0-2026-0799)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-05 18:48 – Updated: 2026-09-08 18:20
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
OOBR and OOBW in libpcap before 1.10.7
Summary
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.
Severity
8.7 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-08 18:20 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/comm… | patch |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Tcpdump Group | libpcap |
Affected:
0 , < 1.10.7
(semver)
|
guessed |
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