CVE-2014-8769
mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.055 · 93 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (24)
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references (34)
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- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129157/tcpdump-4.6.2-AOVD-Unreliable-Output.htmlcnnvd
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/49cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/534009/100/0/threadedcnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71153cnnvd
- http://www.tcpdump.org/#latest-releasePatchcnnvd
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/98764cnnvd
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0503.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.htmlenisa_euvd
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