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CVE-2024-8006

Published: 2024-08-31T00:15Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-19T17:46Z
Source: MITRE CVE List
License: MITRE-CVE-TOS
Remote packet capture support is disabled by default in libpcap. When a user builds libpcap with remote packet capture support enabled, one of the functions that become available is pcap_findalldevs_ex(). One of the function arguments can be a filesystem path, which normally means a directory with input data files. When the specified path cannot be used as a directory, the function receives NULL from opendir(), but does not check the return value and passes the NULL value to readdir(), which causes a NULL pointer derefence. > MITRE Terms of Use apply – see LICENSE‑MITRE.txt