CVE-2026-6244

division by zero 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 for the 'div #k' and 'mod #k' ALU instructions does not check whether the immediate value is zero. In particular uncommon use cases a crafted filter program can cause a division by zero.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to libpcap 1.10.7.


Vendor Workaround

Validate every filter program that has not been produced by a local call to pcap_compile().

Tracking

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Advisories

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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
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Description libpcap BPF interpreter for the 'div #k' and 'mod #k' ALU instructions does not check whether the immediate value is zero. In particular uncommon use cases a crafted filter program can cause a division by zero.
Title division by zero in libpcap before 1.10.7
Weaknesses CWE-369
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 17, 2026, 7:35 AM
Reserved
Apr 13, 2026, 5:26 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Sep 5, 2026, 7:16 PM
Modified
Sep 8, 2026, 7:20 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 5, 2026, 6:50 PM