CVE-2014-4909

Transmission <2.84 - RCE/DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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)

Core 16
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135539.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/Changes#version-2.84
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/10/4
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68487
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=516822
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/07/11/5
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/60108
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/60527
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/59897
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2988
Exploit x_refsource_misc
http://inertiawar.com/submission.go
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2279-1
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118290
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00011.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/108997

Scores

EPSS 0.0919
EPSS Percentile 92.8%

Details

CWE
CWE-189
Status published
Products (50)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 13.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
fedoraproject/fedora 20
gentoo/linux
transmissionbt/transmission 0.1
transmissionbt/transmission 0.2
transmissionbt/transmission 0.3
transmissionbt/transmission 0.4
transmissionbt/transmission 0.5
... and 40 more
Published Jul 29, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026