MEDIUM
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 Jul 29, 2014
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.41%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
OR
- 12.04
- 13.10
- 14.04
- 20
- n/a
Configuration 2
OR
- ≤ 2.83
- 0.1
- 0.2
- 0.3
- 0.4
- 0.5
- 0.6
- 0.6.1
- 0.70
- 0.71
- 0.72
- 0.80
- 0.81
- 0.82
- 0.90
- 0.91
- 0.92
- 0.93
- 0.94
- 0.95
- 0.96
- 1.00
- 1.01
- 1.02
- 1.2
- 1.03
- 1.04
- 1.05
- 1.06
- 1.10
- 1.11
- 1.20
- 1.21
- 1.22
- 1.30
- 1.31
- 1.32
- 1.33
- 1.34
- 1.40
- 1.41
- 1.42
- 1.50
- 1.51
- 1.52
- 1.53
- 1.54
- 1.60
- 1.61
- 1.70
- 1.71
- 1.72
- 1.73
- 1.74
- 1.75
- 1.76
- 1.77
- 1.80
- 1.81
- 1.82
- 1.83
- 1.90
- 1.91
- 1.92
- 1.93
- 2.00
- 2.01
- 2.02
- 2.03
- 2.04
- 2.10
- 2.11
- 2.12
- 2.13
- 2.20
- 2.21
- 2.22
- 2.30
- 2.31
- 2.32
- 2.33
- 2.40
- 2.41
- 2.42
- 2.50
- 2.51
- 2.52
- 2.60
- 2.61
- 2.70
- 2.71
- 2.72
- 2.73
- 2.74
- 2.75
- 2.76
- 2.77
- 2.80
- 2.81
- 2.82
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
5.41% 0.05406
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.05406
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.41% (0.05406) | 92.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.41% (0.05406) | 91.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 9.19% (0.09187) | 91.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 19.41% (0.19410) | 92.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 27, 2025 | 9.19% (0.09187) | 91.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 7.03% (0.07025) | 90.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 7.28% (0.07278) | 93.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.72% (0.03722) | 92.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 23, 2024 | 4.00% (0.04003) | 91.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 5, 2023 | 4.58% (0.04583) | 91.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.88% (0.04885) | 91.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 91.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 90.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.60% (0.06604) | 78.62th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (16)
- http://inertiawar.com/submission.go x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135539.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00011.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59897 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60108 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60527 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2988 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/10/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/11/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.osvdb.org/108997 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68487 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2279-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=516822 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118290 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/Changes#version-2.84 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://twitter.com/benhawkes/statuses/484378151959539712 x_refsource_MISC
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 29, 2014
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Jul 11, 2014
Link CVE-2014-4909
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a