Medium severity · published Aug 31, 2024
CVE-2024-8006
Remote packet capture support is disabled by default in libpcap
4.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 15% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libpcap · Tcpdump
before 1.10.5 · source: NVD
In the news
VulnerabilityHigh
Siemens SINEC OS
View CSAF
Summary
SINEC OS before V3.3 contains third-party components with multiple vulnerabilities. Siemens has released new versions for the affected products and recommends to update to the latest versions.
The following versions of Siemens SINEC OS are affected:
RUGGEDCOM RST2428P (6GK6242-6PA00) vers:intdot/<3.3 (CVE-2022-48174, CVE-2023-7256, CVE-2023-39810, CVE-2023-42363, CVE-2023-42364, CVE-2023-42365, CVE-2023-42366, CVE-2024-6197, CVE-2024-6874, CVE-2024-7264, CVE-2024-8006, CVE-2024-8096, CVE-2024-9681, CVE-2024-11053, CVE-2024-12718, CVE-2024-41996, CVE-2024-47619, CVE-2024-52533, CVE-2025-0167, CVE-2025-0665, CVE-2025-0725, CVE-2025-1390, CVE-2025-3360, CVE-2025-4138, CVE-2025-4330, CVE-2025-4373, CVE-2025-4435, CVE-2025-4516, CVE-2025-4517, CVE-2025-6141, CVE-2025-9086, CVE-2025-9230, CVE-2025-9231, CVE-2025-9232, CVE-2025-10148, CVE-2025-27587, CVE-2025-32433, CVE-2025-38084, CVE-2025-38085, CVE-2025-38086, CVE-2025-38345, CVE-2025-38350, CVE-2025-38498, CVE-2025-39839, CVE-2025-39841, CVE-2025-39846, CVE-2025-39853, CVE-2025-39860, CVE-2025-39864, CVE-2025-39865, CVE-2025-59375)
SCALANCE XCH328 (6GK5328-4TS01-2EC2) vers:intdot/<3.3 (CVE-2022-48174, CVE-2023-7256, CVE-2023-39810, CVE-2023-42363, CVE-2023-42364, CVE-2023-42365, CVE-2023-42366, CVE-2024-6197, CVE-2024-6874, CVE-2024-7264, CVE-2024-8006, CVE-2024-8096, CVE-2024-9681, CVE-2024-11053, CVE-2024-12718, CVE-2024-41996, CVE-2024-47619, CVE-2024-52533, CVE-2025-0167, CVE-2025-0665...
Feb 12, 2026·CISA Advisories
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8006
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8006
Patch
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/0f8a103469ce87d2b8d68c5130a46ddb7fb5eb29
Patch
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/8a633ee5b9ecd9d38a587ac9b204e2380713b0d6
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