CVE-2014-9140 in tcpdump

Summary

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.

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• Reservation: 11/28/2014
• Disclosure: 12/05/2014
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-68341
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-119 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 7.3
• EPSS: 0.05511
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9140
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9140
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2014-9140/