CVE-2014-4909
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 5.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-07-29 14:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 11:27Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-07-11
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4dbc1a910ef9c9957a8afc7cab3974a2f0a94e90325802a12e9cd30de5cf1028
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-8331http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135539.html
- trac.transmissionbt.comhttps://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/Changes#version-2.84
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140710 CVE request: transmission peer communication vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/10/4
- www.securityfocus.com68487http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68487
- bugs.gentoo.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=516822
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140711 Re: CVE request: transmission peer communication vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/11/5
- secunia.com60108http://secunia.com/advisories/60108
- secunia.com60527http://secunia.com/advisories/60527
- secunia.com59897http://secunia.com/advisories/59897
- www.debian.orgDSA-2988http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2988
- inertiawar.comhttp://inertiawar.com/submission.go
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2279-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2279-1
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118290
- twitter.comhttps://twitter.com/benhawkes/statuses/484378151959539712
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0980http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00011.html
- www.osvdb.org108997http://www.osvdb.org/108997
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- transmission Fixed in 2.84-0.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- transmission Fixed in 2.84-0.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- transmission Fixed in 2.84-0.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- transmission Fixed in 2.82-1.1ubuntu3.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.