Cyber Resilience

CVE-2007-3798

Freebsd 5.0 – 5.5

Public PoCHigh EPSS
Published
16 July 2007
Modified
23 April 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.70 99.3th percentile
Risk Priority 97 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2007-3798 is a critical-severity Unchecked Return Value (CWE-252) vulnerability in Freebsd Freebsd. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 0.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Integer overflow in print-bgp.c in the BGP dissector in tcpdump 3.9.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted TLVs in a BGP packet, related to an unchecked return value.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

Likely ATT&CK TechniquesAI

Techniques this vulnerability likely enables, inferred from its description, weakness type, and attributed-actor tradecraft. Confidence is per-technique.

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Accessconfidence: HIGH
Integer overflow in the BGP dissector allows remote code execution via crafted BGP packets sent to a vulnerable tcpdump instance.
inferred from description + CWE · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

tcpdump
tcpdump
≤ 3.9.6
canonical
ubuntu linux
6.06, 6.10, 7.04
debian
debian linux
3.1, 4.0
slackware
slackware
10.0, 10.1, 10.2, 11.0, 12.0
freebsd
freebsd
5.5, 6.1, 6.2 · 5.0 — 5.5 · 6.0 — 6.1
apple
mac os x
10.0.0 — 10.4.11
apple
mac os x server
10.0.0 — 10.4.11

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require checking and handling all function return values to detect error conditions.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

detects

Security testing in development and acceptance can detect missing return-value checks.

prevents

Secure development life cycle mandates verification of return values to prevent undetected failures.

prevents

Application security requirements include input/output validation and error handling that covers return-value checks.

degrades

Secure system architecture and engineering principles require robust error handling and defensive coding practices.

prevents

Secure coding explicitly requires checking return values to avoid CWE-252.

References