๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-6244

MEDIUM 5.5

division by zero in libpcap before 1.10.7

CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

libpcap BPF interpreter for the 'div #k' and 'mod #k' ALU instructions does not check whether the immediate value is zero. In particular uncommon use cases a crafted filter program can cause a division by zero.

CWE CWE-369
Vendor the tcpdump group
Product libpcap
Published Sep 5, 2026
Last Updated Sep 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Affected Versions

The Tcpdump Group / libpcap
0 < 1.10.7

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/98bb921b141aa642faedbf2ac510541c76499a19

Credits

Denis Ovsienko