CVE-2026-0799

Public on 2026-09-05
Modified on 2026-09-08
Description
In BPF instructions that load/store a value from/to a scratch memory register the register index is an unsigned 32-bit integer and must not exceed 15, but libpcap BPF interpreter does not validate the value. In particular uncommon use cases a crafted filter program can cause the interpreter to try reading and writing the OS process memory in the 16GiB starting at the current stack frame on 64-bit architectures and in the entire address space on 32-bit architectures.
Severity
Important severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core libpcap 2026-09-28 ALAS2-2026-3927 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 libpcap 2026-09-29 ALAS2023-2026-3100 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview libpcap 2026-09-18 ALAS2027-2026-007 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H