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CVE-2014-8769

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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.

References

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98764

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2014-8600

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2433-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71153

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534009/100/0/threaded

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:125

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:240

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3086

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/49

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129157/tcpdump-4.6.2-AOVD-Unreliable-Output.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00062.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0503.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-11-20

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.03059

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