Vulnerability in Gentoo Linux
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 out-of-bounds write.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.054 (92.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.054 · newest: 0.054 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Gentoo Linux
- Transmissionbt Transmission — versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.3
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 12.04, 13.10, 14.04
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 20
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135539.html (vendor-advisory)
- trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/Changes (Vendor Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/10/4 (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/68487 (vdb-entry)
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/11/5 (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/60108 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/60527 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/59897 (third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2988 (vendor-advisory)