CVE-2014-4909
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 5.4%EU EUVD
Integer overflow in the tr_bitfieldEnsureNthBitAlloced function in bitfield.c in Transmission before 2.84 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted peer message, which triggers an out-of-bounds write.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 5.4% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-4828)
- Published
- July 29, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-4828 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- fedoraproject / fedora
- gentoo / linux
- transmissionbt / transmission
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and 55 more…
References
- http://inertiawar.com/submission.go(Exploit)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135539.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00011.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59897
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60108
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60527
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2988
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/10/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/11/5
- http://www.osvdb.org/108997
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68487
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2279-1
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=516822
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118290
- https://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/Changes#version-2.84(Vendor Advisory)
- https://twitter.com/benhawkes/statuses/484378151959539712
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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