CVE-2014-8769

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-11-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

tcpdump 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.

Affected products

RedHat Tcpdump: 3.8.0, 3.8.2, 3.9.2, 3.9.3, 3.9.4, 3.9.5 (+17)

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0503.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00062.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129157/tcpdump-4.6.2-AOVD-Unreliable-Output.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/49
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3086
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:240
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:125
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534009/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71153
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2433-1

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