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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2026-6244 EUVD-2026-72018GHSA-hj63-3ggp-wcj8

division by zero in libpcap before 1.10.7

Published Sep 5, 2026 · Updated Sep 17, 2026 · Assigned by Tcpdump

Description

libpcap BPF interpreter for the 'div #k' and 'mod #k' ALU instructions does not check whether the immediate value is zero. In particular uncommon use cases a crafted filter program can cause a division by zero.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
The Tcpdump Group libpcap < 1.10.7 1.10.7

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 libpcap 1.10.7-1 —
Debian 13 libpcap No fix yet —
Debian 12 libpcap No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 libpcap No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS libpcap No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libpcap No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libpcap No fix yet —
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS libpcap No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS libpcap No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS libpcap No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS libpcap No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 libpcap 1.10.5-150700.3.13.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4188-1
SLES 15 SP6 libpcap 1.10.4-150600.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4194-1
SLES 15 SP5 libpcap 1.10.1-150400.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4195-1
SLES 15 SP4 libpcap 1.10.1-150400.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4195-1
SLES 12 SP5 libpcap 1.8.1-10.12.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4239-1
Show 13 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 libpcap 1.10.5-160000.5.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23907-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 libpcap 1.10.4-150600.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4194-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 libpcap 1.10.1-150400.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4195-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 libpcap 1.10.1-150400.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4195-1
SLES 16.0 libpcap 1.10.5-160000.5.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23907-1
SLE Micro 6.2 libpcap 1.10.5-160000.5.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23892-1
SLE Micro 6.1 libpcap 1.10.4-slfo.1.1_3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23737-1
SLE Micro 6.0 libpcap 1.10.4-5.1 SUSE-SU-2026:23829-1
SLE Micro 5.5 libpcap 1.10.1-150400.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4195-1
SLE Micro 5.4 libpcap 1.10.1-150400.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4195-1
SLE Micro 5.3 libpcap 1.10.1-150400.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4195-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 libpcap 1.10.1-150400.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4195-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 libpcap 1.10.1-150400.3.12.1 SUSE-SU-2026:4195-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed libpcap 1.10.7-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11744-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 libpcap 1.10.5-160000.5.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21940-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 libpcap 1.10.7-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 libpcap 1.10.7-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 libpcap 1.10.7-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 libpcap 1.10.7-r0 —

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 libpcap +1 14:1.10.7-1.amzn2023.0.1 ALAS2023-2026-3100
Amazon Linux 2 libpcap +1 14:1.5.3-11.amzn2.0.1 ALAS2-2026-3927

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 libpcap 1.10.7-1 —
Azure Linux 3 nmap No fix yet —

Advisories 12

References