CVE-2014-8769
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4EPSS 5.5%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 5.5% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-8600)
- 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-2014-8600 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / tcpdump
- redhat / tcpdump
- redhat / tcpdump
- redhat / tcpdump
- redhat / tcpdump
- redhat / tcpdump
- redhat / tcpdump
- redhat / tcpdump
- redhat / tcpdump
- redhat / tcpdump
- redhat / tcpdump
- redhat / tcpdump
- redhat / tcpdump
- redhat / tcpdump
- redhat / tcpdump
- redhat / tcpdump
- redhat / tcpdump
- redhat / tcpdump
- redhat / tcpdump
- redhat / tcpdump
- redhat / tcpdump
- redhat / tcpdump
- redhat / tcpdump
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0503.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00062.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129157/tcpdump-4.6.2-AOVD-Unreliable-Output.html(Exploit)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/49(Exploit)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3086
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:240
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:125
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534009/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71153(Exploit)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2433-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98764
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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