CVE-2014-8768
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 19.8%EU EUVD
Multiple Integer underflows in the geonet_print function in tcpdump 4.5.0 through 4.6.2, when in verbose mode, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted length value in a Geonet frame.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-191
- EPSS score
- 19.8% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-8599)
- Published
- November 20, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-8599 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
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- oracle / solaris
- redhat / tcpdump
- redhat / tcpdump
- redhat / tcpdump
- redhat / tcpdump
- redhat / tcpdump
- redhat / tcpdump
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00062.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129156/tcpdump-4.6.2-Geonet-Denial-Of-Service.html(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/48(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35359(Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534010/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71155(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2433-1(Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98766
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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