Out-of-bounds Write Affecting tcpreplay package, versions <4.3.4-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.56% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE323-TCPREPLAY-14184491
  • published4 Dec 2025
  • disclosed19 Oct 2020

Introduced: 19 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-24266  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.23 tcpreplay to version 4.3.4-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tcpreplay package and not the tcpreplay package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.23 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in tcpreplay tcpprep v4.3.3. There is a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in get_l2len() that can make tcpprep crash and cause a denial of service.

CVSS Base Scores

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