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CVE-2014-8767

tcpdump: denial of service in verbose mode using malformed OLSR payload

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.9

CVSS 2.0

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Published · November 13, 2014

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

Integer underflow in the olsr_print function in tcpdump 3.9.6 through 4.6.2, when in verbose mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted length value in an OLSR frame.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 2.9
AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write