CVE-2014-8769 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service or leak sensitive memory information via crafted AODV packets in tcpdump.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2014-8769?
CVE-2014-8769 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Nov 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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 Distance Vector (AODV) packet, which triggers an out-of-bounds memory access.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8769?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Redhat Tcpdump.
How do I fix CVE-2014-8769?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2014-8769 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8769 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8769, GHSA-rfvv-px5p-7fmg, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8769.