CVE-2014-4909

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-4909
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-07-29 14:55:07 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in the tr_bitfieldEnsureNthBitAlloced function in bitfield.c in Transmission before 2.84 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted peer message, which triggers an out-of-bounds write.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 13.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 20 All All All
Operating System Gentoo Linux All All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.1 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.2 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.3 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.4 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.5 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.6 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.6.1 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.70 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.71 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.72 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.80 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.81 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.82 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.90 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.91 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.92 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.93 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.94 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.95 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 0.96 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.00 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.01 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.02 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.03 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.04 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.05 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.06 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.10 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.11 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.2 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.20 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.21 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.22 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.30 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.31 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.32 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.33 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.34 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.40 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.41 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.42 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.50 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.51 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.52 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.53 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.54 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.60 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.61 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.70 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.71 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.72 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.73 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.74 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.75 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.76 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.77 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.80 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.81 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.82 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.83 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.90 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.91 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.92 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 1.93 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.00 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.01 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.02 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.03 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.04 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.10 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.11 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.12 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.13 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.20 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.21 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.22 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.30 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.31 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.32 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.33 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.40 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.41 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.42 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.50 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.51 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.52 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.60 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.61 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.70 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.71 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.72 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.73 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.74 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.75 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.76 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.77 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.80 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.81 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission 2.82 All All All
Application Transmissionbt Transmission All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE request: transmission peer communication vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2988-1 transmission af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: transmission-2.84-1.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Transmission Out of Bounds Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-2279-1: Transmission vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
openSUSE-SU-2014:0980-1: moderate: transmission af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Ben Hawkes on Twitter: "Transmission (default bittorrent client in most Linux distros) fixed a tricky 32-bit only issue. Test case: http://t.co/4kqb5LnY9r" af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 twitter.com
www.osvdb.org/108997 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
516822 – <net-p2p/transmission-2.84: peer communication vulnerability (CVE-2014-4909) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
oss-security - CVE request: transmission peer communication vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 inertiawar.com Exploit
Bug 1118290 – CVE-2014-4909 transmission: peer communication vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Changes – Transmission af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.transmissionbt.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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