CVE-2024-2397: The Tcpdump Group Tcpdump

Medium severity, CVSS 6.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Due to a bug in packet data buffers management, the PPP printer in tcpdump can enter an infinite loop when reading a crafted DLT_PPP_SERIAL .pcap savefile. This problem does not affect any tcpdump release, but it affected the git master branch from 2023-06-05 to 2024-03-21.

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Published 2024-04-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.