CVE-2026-6554

ADVISORY - nist

Summary

libpcap BPF interpreter treats the offset in the 'ja L' BPF instruction as a signed integer to implement looping via backward jumps, but it does not limit the number of loop iterations. In particular uncommon use cases a crafted filter program can cause the interpreter to loop infinitely.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

ADVISORY - nist

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')


NIST

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2026-6554
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

1.8

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)

CVSS SCORE

5.5medium

Debian

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2026-6554
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-
RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY