CVE-2014-4909

Transmission <2.84 - RCE/DoS

Title source: llm

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.

References (16)

[Various Sources] https://twitter.com/benhawkes/statuses/484378151959539712

[Exploit] http://inertiawar.com/submission.go

[Mailing List] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00011.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/59897

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.osvdb.org/108997

[Vendor Advisory] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2279-1

[Issue Tracking] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=516822

[Issue Tracking] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118290

[Vendor Advisory] https://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/Changes#version-2.84

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68487

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135539.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2988

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/10/4

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/11/5

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/60108

[Third Party Advisory] http://secunia.com/advisories/60527

Scores

EPSS 0.0919

EPSS Percentile 92.6%

Classification

CWE

CWE-189

Status draft

Affected Products (50)

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

canonical/ubuntu_linux

fedoraproject/fedora

gentoo/linux

transmissionbt/transmission < 2.83

transmissionbt/transmission

transmissionbt/transmission

transmissionbt/transmission

transmissionbt/transmission

transmissionbt/transmission

transmissionbt/transmission

transmissionbt/transmission

transmissionbt/transmission

transmissionbt/transmission

... and 35 more

Timeline

Published Jul 29, 2014

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026