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Project Summary
Tcpdump is a powerful packet analyzer and prints out the headers of packets on a network interface that match the boolean expression.
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has a well established, mature codebase
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took an estimated 24 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in October, 1999
ending with its most recent commit 4 days ago
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30 Day SummaryOct 29 2025 — Nov 28 2025
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12 Month SummaryNov 28 2024 — Nov 28 2025
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Static Analysis ( Generated by Coverity Scan for the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump )
Repository URL: https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump
Version: 1f2e3d1
- 2025-11-26
- Last Analyzed
- 117,979
- Lines of Code Analyze
- 0.37
- Defect Density
Defects by status for current build
- 204
- Total defects
- 44
- Outstanding
- 132
- Fixed
CWE Top 25 defects
| ID | CWE-Name | Number of Defects |
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| 190 | Integer Overflow or Wraparound | 10 |