CVE-2014-8769

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-8769
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-11-20 17:50:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptiontcpdump 3.8 through 4.6.2 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from memory or cause a denial of service (packet loss or segmentation fault) via a crafted Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV) packet, which triggers an out-of-bounds memory access.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.4 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Tcpdump 3.8.0 All All All
Application Redhat Tcpdump 3.8.2 All All All
Application Redhat Tcpdump 3.9.2 All All All
Application Redhat Tcpdump 3.9.3 All All All
Application Redhat Tcpdump 3.9.4 All All All
Application Redhat Tcpdump 3.9.5 All All All
Application Redhat Tcpdump 3.9.6 All All All
Application Redhat Tcpdump 3.9.7 All All All
Application Redhat Tcpdump 3.9.8 All All All
Application Redhat Tcpdump 4.0.0 All All All
Application Redhat Tcpdump 4.1.0 All All All
Application Redhat Tcpdump 4.1.1 All All All
Application Redhat Tcpdump 4.1.2 All All All
Application Redhat Tcpdump 4.2.1 All All All
Application Redhat Tcpdump 4.3.0 All All All
Application Redhat Tcpdump 4.3.1 All All All
Application Redhat Tcpdump 4.4.0 All All All
Application Redhat Tcpdump 4.5.0 All All All
Application Redhat Tcpdump 4.5.1 All All All
Application Redhat Tcpdump 4.5.2 All All All
Application Redhat Tcpdump 4.6.0 All All All
Application Redhat Tcpdump 4.6.1 All All All
Application Redhat Tcpdump 4.6.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
APPLE-SA-2015-08-13-2 OS X Yosemite v10.10.5 and Security Update 2015-006 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
openSUSE-SU-2015:0284-1: moderate: Security update for tcpdump af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
About the security content of OS X Yosemite v10.10.5 and Security Update 2015-006 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
tcpdump 4.6.2 AOVD Unreliable Output ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com Exploit
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
tcpdump CVE-2014-8769 Out-of-bounds Memory Access Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0503 - Updated tcpdump package fixes security vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
USN-2433-1: tcpdump vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3086-1 tcpdump af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2014:240 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Oracle Solaris Third Party Bulletin - July 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:125 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Full Disclosure: CVE-2014-8769 tcpdump unreliable output using malformed AOVD payload af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit
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