tcpdump: force printer vulnerability
Published Mar 24, 2015
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 7.81%
Description
The force printer in tcpdump before 4.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 7.0
- 8.0
Configuration 2
- 21
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
tcpdump-14:4.9.0-5.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2017:1871
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
tcpdump
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
tcpdump
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | tcpdump-14:4.9.0-5.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:1871 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | tcpdump | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | tcpdump | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 7.81% (0.07815) | 94.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 7.87% (0.07870) | 93.92th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.18% (0.04185) | 87.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.63% (0.06630) | 84.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.18% (0.04185) | 87.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 3, 2025 | 13.02% (0.13020) | 95.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 9.63% (0.09633) | 94.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.61% (0.02615) | 90.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 29, 2023 | 2.74% (0.02745) | 89.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 23, 2023 | 3.22% (0.03219) | 89.73th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.15% (0.03149) | 89.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 93.49th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 92.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 8.23% (0.08228) | 82.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (18)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0114.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/153834.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00084.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130730/tcpdump-Denial-Of-Service-Code-Execution.html x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3193 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:125 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:182 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534829/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73021 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031937 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2580-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1871 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2155 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1201798 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2155
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201510-04 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-2155
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.