CVE-2014-8768
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
02 Description
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
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
- 19.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.1% 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
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2014-11-20 17:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-11-13
- 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
- bd7fd203f81ed92c228d1abf684ddcc0034c6291d5e4159963794ffdcad1c0ee
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.exploit-db.com35359http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35359
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:0284http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00062.html
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129156/tcpdump-4.6.2-Geonet-Denial-Of-Service.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2433-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2433-1
- seclists.org20141118 CVE-2014-8768 tcpdump denial of service in verbose mode using malformed Geonet payloadhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/48
- www.securityfocus.com71155http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71155
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comtpcdump-cve20148768-dos(98766)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98766
- www.securityfocus.com20141118 CVE-2014-8768 tcpdump denial of service in verbose mode using malformed Geonet payloadhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534010/100/0/threaded
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- tcpdump Fixed in 4.6.2-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- tcpdump Fixed in 4.6.2-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- tcpdump Fixed in 4.6.2-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- tcpdump Fixed in 4.5.1-2ubuntu1.1
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.