{"action":"Upgrade libpcap to 1.9.1-r0 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"1.9.1-r0","introduced":"0"}],"component":"libpcap","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Alpine","ecosystem_qualifier":"Alpine:v3.17","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["1.9.1-r0"],"id":"tcs_01M5NAE2K5XQN71M4THBTKB397","modified_at":"2026-10-23T17:17:55.225407078Z","published_at":"2019-10-03T16:15:12.693Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2018-16301","https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-16301"],"severity":{"label":"high","score":7.8},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"ALPINE-CVE-2018-16301#Alpine:v3.17/libpcap","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2018-16301"}],"summary":"The command-line argument parser in tcpdump before 4.99.0 has a buffer overflow in tcpdump.c:read_infile(). To trigger this vulnerability the attacker needs to create a 4GB file on the local filesyste"}