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CVE-2026-18313 (GCVE-0-2026-18313)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-05 18:51 – Updated: 2026-09-05 18:51
VLAI
Title
rpcapd memory leak in libpcap before 1.10.7
Summary
rpcapd can allocate up to 65536 bytes per each RPCAP_MSG_UPDATEFILTER_REQ or RPCAP_MSG_STARTCAP_REQ message received from the client, but it never frees the memory, so it leaks memory even under normal use. A malicious client can cause the server to leak memory substantially faster.
CWE
  • CWE-401 - Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
The Tcpdump Group libpcap Affected: 1.9.x
Affected: 1.10.x , < 1.10.7 (semver)
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