CVE-2026-31912

OOBR in libpcap before 1.10.7

Published Sep 5, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
libpcap BPF interpreter detects neither reaching the end of the filter program buffer due to lack of a return instruction nor executing a jump instruction with an offset that translates to a pointer outside of the buffer. In particular uncommon use cases a crafted filter program can cause the interpreter to try reading the OS process memory in the 32GiB around the buffer on 64-bit architectures and in the entire address space on 32-bit architectures.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to libpcap 1.10.7 and migrate from bpf_filter() to pcap_offline_filter().

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Tcpdump
Tcpdump libpcap
Vendors & Products Tcpdump
Tcpdump libpcap
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description libpcap BPF interpreter detects neither reaching the end of the filter program buffer due to lack of a return instruction nor executing a jump instruction with an offset that translates to a pointer outside of the buffer. In particular uncommon use cases a crafted filter program can cause the interpreter to try reading the OS process memory in the 32GiB around the buffer on 64-bit architectures and in the entire address space on 32-bit architectures.
Title OOBR in libpcap before 1.10.7
Weaknesses CWE-125
CWE-1285
CWE-823
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Tcpdump
Published
Updated
Sep 8, 2026, 6:21 PM
Reserved
Mar 10, 2026, 9:30 AM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Sep 5, 2026, 7:16 PM
Modified
Sep 8, 2026, 7:20 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 5, 2026, 6:49 PM