CVE-2014-8769
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
02 Description
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
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
- 5.51% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.5% 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
- 439d8f01907370a0f8122f03e8f88745742c6ab621bb4d83d651143d8a706bbc
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2014:240http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:240
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2015:125http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:125
- 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
- www.securityfocus.com71153http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71153
- www.securityfocus.com20141118 CVE-2014-8769 tcpdump unreliable output using malformed AOVD payloadhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534009/100/0/threaded
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2015-08-13-2http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comtcpdump-cve20148769-dos(98764)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98764
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2433-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2433-1
- www.debian.orgDSA-3086http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3086
- advisories.mageia.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0503.html
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129157/tcpdump-4.6.2-AOVD-Unreliable-Output.html
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031
- seclists.org20141118 CVE-2014-8769 tcpdump unreliable output using malformed AOVD payloadhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/49
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.