What is GHSA-hj63-3ggp-wcj8?

GHSA-hj63-3ggp-wcj8 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. libpcap BPF interpreter for the 'div #k' and 'mod #k' ALU instructions does not check whether the...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-hj63-3ggp-wcj8 cover?

GHSA-hj63-3ggp-wcj8 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-6244. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-hj63-3ggp-wcj8?

GHSA-hj63-3ggp-wcj8 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-hj63-3ggp-wcj8MediumCVSS 5.5

libpcap BPF interpreter for the 'div #k' and 'mod #k' ALU instructions does not check whether the...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 5, 2026

Last Modified

September 5, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-6244 →

📋 Description

libpcap BPF interpreter for the 'div #k' and 'mod #k' ALU instructions does not check whether the immediate value is zero. In particular uncommon use cases a crafted filter program can cause a division by zero.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6244
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/98bb921b141aa642faedbf2ac510541c76499a19
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hj63-3ggp-wcj8