Tcpreplay
CVE-2023-27787
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A10:2025 - Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions
ASVS 5.0
V16 - Security Logging and Error Handling Null pointer safety, defensive checks
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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An issue found in TCPprep v.4.4.3 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the parse_list function at the list.c:81 endpoint. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Check pointers before dereferencing. Use static analysis tools to detect null pointer paths.
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This vulnerability is classified as NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476), which allows attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer. An issue found in TCPprep v.4.4.3 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the parse_list function at the list.c:81 endpoint. Affected products include: Broadcom Tcpreplay.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
An issue found in TCPprep v.4.4.3 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the parse_list function at the list.c:81 endpoint.
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Attack Technique
A null pointer dereference occurs when a program attempts to access memory through a pointer that has been set to NULL (address 0x0).
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
tcprewrite in Tcpreplay through 4.3.2 has a heap-based buffer over-read during a get_c operation. Rated critical severit
tcprewrite in Tcpreplay 3.4.4 has a Heap-Based Buffer Overflow vulnerability triggered by a crafted PCAP file, a related
Buffer overflow in the tcpcapinfo utility in Tcpreplay before 4.2.0 Beta 1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified i
Within tcpreplay's tcprewrite, a double free vulnerability has been identified in the dlt_linuxsll2_cleanup() function i
A vulnerability was found in appneta tcpreplay up to 4.4.4. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low at
The component tcpprep in Tcpreplay v4.4.1 was discovered to contain a heap-based buffer overflow in parse_mpls at common
The component tcprewrite in Tcpreplay v4.4.1 was discovered to contain a heap-based buffer overflow in get_l2len_protoco
The component tcprewrite in Tcpreplay v4.4.1 was discovered to contain a heap-based buffer overflow in get_ipv6_next at
Tcpreplay v4.4.1 has a heap-based buffer overflow in do_checksum_math at /tcpedit/checksum.c. Rated high severity (CVSS
Tcpreplay v4.4.1 was discovered to contain a double-free via __interceptor_free. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vu
tcpprep in Tcpreplay 4.4.1 has a heap-based buffer over-read in parse_mpls in common/get.c. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.
tcprewrite in Tcpreplay 4.4.1 has a heap-based buffer over-read in get_l2len_protocol in common/get.c. Rated high severi
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