CVEvulnerability

CVE-2014-9140

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2014-12-05 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2014-12-05
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in the ppp_hdlc function in print-ppp.c in tcpdump 4.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) cia a crafted PPP packet.

Affected configurations

• redhat tcpdump (<= 4.6.2)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References