VulnerabilityModified
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 crafted peer message, which triggers an…
MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 5.41%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 5.41% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- canonical/ubuntu linux · fedoraproject/fedora · gentoo/linux · transmissionbt/transmission
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://inertiawar.com/submission.goExploit
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135539.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00011.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59897
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60108
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60527
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2988
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/10/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/11/5
- http://www.osvdb.org/108997
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68487
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2279-1
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=516822
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118290
- https://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/Changes#version-2.84Vendor Advisory
- https://twitter.com/benhawkes/statuses/484378151959539712
- http://inertiawar.com/submission.goExploit
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135539.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00011.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59897
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60108
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60527
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2988
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/10/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/11/5
- http://www.osvdb.org/108997
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68487
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2279-1
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=516822
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118290
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.