{"cve":"CVE-2018-14879","nvd":{"published":"2019-10-03T16:15:12.133","modified":"2026-06-17T01:41:48.710","status":"Modified","description":"The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.9.3 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:get_next_file().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.0},"cwes":["CWE-120"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00050.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00053.html","http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26","https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/blob/tcpdump-4.9/CHANGES","https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/9ba91381954ad325ea4fd26b9c65a8bd9a2a85b6"],"products":["apple:mac_os_x","debian:debian_linux","f5:traffix_signaling_delivery_controller","fedoraproject:fedora","opensuse:leap","redhat:enterprise_linux","tcpdump:tcpdump"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:59:10.855360465+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2018-14879","score":0.04667,"percentile":0.91758,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}