Buffer overflow in Redhat Tcpdump

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 out-of-bounds memory access.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.055 (92.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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