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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

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 Distance Vector (AODV) packet, which triggers an…

MEDIUM 6.4EPSS 5.51%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.51%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 2.0
6.4 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
EPSS
5.51% probability · 92th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
redhat/tcpdump
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.