A vulnerability was found in seladb PcapPlusPlus 25.05. The affected element is the function parse_by_block_type of the file light_pcapng.c of the component LightPcapNg Parser. Performing a manipulation of the argument captured_packet_length results in heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The attack's complexity is rated as high. The exploitability is described as difficult. The exploit has been made public and could be used.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
seladb PcapPlusPlus affected
Version Status Constraints
25.05 affected —

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References
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https://github.com/seladb/PcapPlusPlus/ cve-icon
https://github.com/seladb/PcapPlusPlus/issues/2149 cve-icon
https://github.com/user-attachments/files/28207967/poc.zip cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-13587 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/844479 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/374590 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/374590/cti cve-icon
History

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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Description A vulnerability was found in seladb PcapPlusPlus 25.05. The affected element is the function parse_by_block_type of the file light_pcapng.c of the component LightPcapNg Parser. Performing a manipulation of the argument captured_packet_length results in heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The attack's complexity is rated as high. The exploitability is described as difficult. The exploit has been made public and could be used.
Title seladb PcapPlusPlus LightPcapNg light_pcapng.c parse_by_block_type heap-based overflow
First Time appeared Seladb
Seladb pcapplusplus
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-122
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:seladb:pcapplusplus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Seladb
Seladb pcapplusplus
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 2.6, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-29T17:41:45.157Z

Reserved: 2026-06-29T04:25:24.076Z

Link: CVE-2026-13587

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-29T17:41:40.482Z

cve-icon NVD

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-06-29T18:00:06Z

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