CVE-2014-9140
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 5.8%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in the ppp_hdlc function in print-ppp.c in tcpdump 4.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) cia a crafted PPP packet.
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-119
- EPSS score
- 5.8% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-8965)
- Published
- December 5, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-8965 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / tcpdump
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0511.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00084.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130730/tcpdump-Denial-Of-Service-Code-Execution.html
- http://seclists.org/tcpdump/2014/q4/72
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3086(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3193
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:240
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:125
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534829/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71468
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2433-1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump/commit/0f95d441e4b5d7512cc5c326c8668a120e048eda(Exploit)
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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