CVE-2014-8768

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 19.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-11-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-191

Description

Multiple Integer underflows in the geonet_print function in tcpdump 4.5.0 through 4.6.2, when in verbose mode, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted length value in a Geonet frame.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 10.04, 12.04, 14.04, 14.10
Opensuse: 13.1, 13.2
Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System: 11.2
RedHat Tcpdump: 4.5.0, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 4.6.2

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00062.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129156/tcpdump-4.6.2-Geonet-Denial-Of-Service.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/48
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35359
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534010/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71155
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2433-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98766
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00062.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129156/tcpdump-4.6.2-Geonet-Denial-Of-Service.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/48

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