CVE-2014-4909

Public Exploit

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.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 9.19% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory transmissionbt.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135539.html vendor advisory
https://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/Changes#version-2.84 vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/10/4 mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68487 vdb entry
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=516822
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/11/5 mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/60108 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60527 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/59897 third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2988 vendor advisory
http://inertiawar.com/submission.go exploit
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2279-1 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118290
https://twitter.com/benhawkes/statuses/484378151959539712
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00011.html vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/108997 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-4909?
CVE-2014-4909 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-4909?
To fix CVE-2014-4909, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-4909 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-4909 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~9% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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