CVE-2026-18238

MEDIUM

Description

The rpcap client code that processes a RPCAP_MSG_PACKET message received from the server incorrectly validates its headers. A malicious server can send a crafted message and cause the client to treat up to 20 bytes of the client process memory beyond the end of the buffer as if it was a part of the captured packet.

CVSS v3 vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected routers (0)

No routers currently mapped to this CVE in our database.

External references

• NIST NVD
• MITRE CVE