CVE-2014-9140

tcpdump: incorrect handling of PPP packets printing

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.8

CVSS 2.0

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Published · November 24, 2014

Updated · November 21, 2025

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE not specified