Security Advisory
CVE-2026-6554
5.5
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
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.
Published Date
September 5, 2026
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory