CVE-2026-31912

libpcap BPF interpreter detects neither reaching the end of the filter program buffer due to lack of a return instruction nor executing a jump instruction with an offset that translates to a pointer outside of the buffer. In particular uncommon use cases a crafted filter program can cause the interpreter to try reading the OS process memory in the 32GiB around the buffer on 64-bit architectures and in the entire address space on 32-bit architectures.
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Published : 2026-09-05 19:16

Updated : 2026-09-08 19:20


NVD link : CVE-2026-31912

Mitre link : CVE-2026-31912

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-31912


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CWE
CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-823

Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset

CWE-1285

Improper Validation of Specified Index, Position, or Offset in Input