tcpdump: unreliable output using malformed AOVD payload
Published Nov 20, 2014
6.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.51%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 3.8.0
- 3.8.2
- 3.9.2
- 3.9.3
- 3.9.4
- 3.9.5
- 3.9.6
- 3.9.7
- 3.9.8
- 4.0.0
- 4.1.0
- 4.1.1
- 4.1.2
- 4.2.1
- 4.3.0
- 4.3.1
- 4.4.0
- 4.5.0
- 4.5.1
- 4.5.2
- 4.6.0
- 4.6.1
- 4.6.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
tcpdump
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
tcpdump
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
tcpdump
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | tcpdump | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | tcpdump | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | tcpdump | Will not fix | n/a |
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.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.51% (0.05511) | 92.55th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.51% (0.05511) | 91.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 3.06% (0.03059) | 85.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 18.89% (0.18895) | 92.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 3.06% (0.03059) | 85.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 5.96% (0.05958) | 93.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 5.14% (0.05142) | 93.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 16, 2024 | 6.80% (0.06803) | 93.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 7.30% (0.07297) | 92.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 37.15% (0.37149) | 97.90th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 23, 2022 | 37.15% (0.37149) | 97.76th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (18)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0503.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00062.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/129157/tcpdump-4.6.2-AOVD-Unreliable-Output.html x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/49 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3086 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:240 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:125 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2015-2511963.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534009/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71153 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2433-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8769 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1165162 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98764 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8769
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8769
Change history (0)
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