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CVE-2001-1279

Buffer overflow in print-rx.c of tcpdump 3.x (probably 3.6x) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via AFS RPC packets with invalid lengths that trigger an integer signedness error, a different vulnerability than CVE-2000-1026.

Published: Jul 17, 2001 Modified: Jun 16, 2026

CVSS Metrics

Affected Products (1)

Vendor Product Version
lbl tcpdump 3.6.2

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-798q-jpvf-xqwg

Buffer overflow in print-rx.c of tcpdump 3.x (probably 3.6x) allows remote attackers to cause a...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 7.5 / 10
EPSS Score 4.78%

Top 9% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 31.4 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub