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.
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Remediation
Vendor Solution
Upgrade to libpcap 1.10.7 and migrate from bpf_filter() to pcap_offline_filter().
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History
Sat, 05 Sep 2026 19:00:00 +0000
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| 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 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Tcpdump
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-05T18:49:41.619Z
Reserved: 2026-03-10T09:30:50.972Z
Link: CVE-2026-31912
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-05T19:16:55.823
Modified: 2026-09-05T19:16:55.823
Link: CVE-2026-31912
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