VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2014-8769
CVSS score6.4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability5.51%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-11-20
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
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 classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer