libpcap BPF interpreter treats the offset in the 'ja L' BPF instruction as a signed integer to implement looping via backward jumps, but it does not limit the number of loop iterations. In particular uncommon use cases a crafted filter program can cause the interpreter to loop infinitely.
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Solution
Upgrade to libpcap 1.10.7.
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Sat, 05 Sep 2026 19:00:00 +0000
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| Description | libpcap BPF interpreter treats the offset in the 'ja L' BPF instruction as a signed integer to implement looping via backward jumps, but it does not limit the number of loop iterations. In particular uncommon use cases a crafted filter program can cause the interpreter to loop infinitely. | |
| Title | infinte loop in libpcap before 1.10.7 | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-835 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Tcpdump
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-05T18:51:02.338Z
Reserved: 2026-04-17T22:00:24.313Z
Link: CVE-2026-6554
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-05T19:16:56.067
Modified: 2026-09-05T19:16:56.067
Link: CVE-2026-6554
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-09-05T20:30:17Z
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