CVE-2014-4909 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2014-4909?

CVE-2014-4909 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 29 Jul 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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 crafted peer message, which triggers an out-of-bounds write.

Weakness: CWE-189

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-4909?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Gentoo Linux, Transmissionbt Transmission.

How do I fix CVE-2014-4909?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-4909 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4909 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-4909, DSA-2988-1, GHSA-g6r7-pq94-29xp, MGASA-2014-0298, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4909, USN-2279-1 and 1 more.