CVE-2026-6554
🔶 mediumSummary
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.
CVSS Score
5.5
Medium
EPSS Score
-
Published Date
2026-09-05
First Seen: 2026-09-06
📊 Relative Risk Intelligence
This CVE is Lower Risk - more severe than 31.5% of all 353,061 vulnerabilities in our database.
#241,850
Below average severity
Severity Percentile
Last Modified
2026-09-05
Source
NVD 🔗
CVSS Vector 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE IDs (Weakness Types)