CVE-2014-8768 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2014-8768

Multiple Integer underflows in the geonet_print function in tcpdump 4.5.0...

Vulnerability Description

Multiple Integer underflows in the geonet_print function in tcpdump 4.5.0 through 4.6.2, when in verbose mode, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash) via a crafted length value in a Geonet frame.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

opensuse, ubuntu linux, solaris, tcpdump
Vulnerable Versions:
13.1, 13.2, 10.04, 12.04, 14.04, 14.10, 11.2, 4.5.0, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6.0, 4.6.1, 4.6.2

Timeline

Official Publish: November 20th, 2014
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.