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.
Published: 2014-11-20
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: 3.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-102-1 tcpdump security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3086-1 tcpdump security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-8600 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2433-1 tcpdump vulnerabilities
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:26:02.551Z

Reserved: 2014-11-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-8769

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-11-20T17:50:06.897

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-8769

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2014-11-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-8769 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses