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MEDIUM CVSS 2.0
CVE-2014-8768
Tcpdump Integer Underflow 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.

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Published Date :

Nov. 20, 2014, 5:50 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-8768 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Opensuse opensuse
1 Oracle solaris
1 Tcpdump tcpdump
1 Redhat tcpdump
: Total Affected Vendor : 5 | Products : 5
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
This vulnerability can be remediated by updating the affected tcpdump packages to the newest version.
  • Update the affected tcpdump packages to the latest version.
  • Reboot the system if prompted during the update.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2014-8768 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2014-8768.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00062.html Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129156/tcpdump-4.6.2-Geonet-Denial-Of-Service.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/48 Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35359 Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534010/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71155 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2433-1 Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98766
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00062.html Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129156/tcpdump-4.6.2-Geonet-Denial-Of-Service.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/48 Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35359 Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534010/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71155 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2433-1 Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98766
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-8768 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00062.html
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129156/tcpdump-4.6.2-Geonet-Denial-Of-Service.html
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/48
    Added Reference http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35359
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534010/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71155
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2433-1
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98766
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/534010/100/0/threaded [Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534010/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/98766 [Third Party Advisory]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98766 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 22, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse_project:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 4 AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00062.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00062.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129156/tcpdump-4.6.2-Geonet-Denial-Of-Service.html Exploit http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129156/tcpdump-4.6.2-Geonet-Denial-Of-Service.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/98766 No Types Assigned http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/98766 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2433-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2433-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/48 Exploit http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/48 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/534010/100/0/threaded Exploit http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/534010/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35359 Exploit http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35359 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71155 Exploit http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71155 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Removed CWE CWE-189
    Added CWE CWE-191
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 04, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 24, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00062.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 17, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35359 No Types Assigned http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35359 Exploit
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 12, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35359
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 07, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2433-1
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 20, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tcpdump:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71155 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71155 Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/48 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/48 Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129156/tcpdump-4.6.2-Geonet-Denial-Of-Service.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129156/tcpdump-4.6.2-Geonet-Denial-Of-Service.html Exploit
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/534010/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/534010/100/0/threaded Exploit
    Added CWE CWE-189
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

28.31 }} -5.58%

score

0.96267

percentile