CVE intelligence

CVE-2024-2397

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Apr 12, 2024Sources checked Sep 30, 2026

6.2MEDIUMCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2024-2397 and is rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.2. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS0.3%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2024-2397?

Due to a bug in packet data buffers management, the PPP printer in tcpdump can enter an infinite loop when reading a crafted DLT_PPP_SERIAL .pcap savefile. This problem does not affect any tcpdump release, but it affected the git master branch from 2023-06-05 to 2024-03-21.