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CVE-2014-4909
Integer overflow in the tr_bitfieldEnsureNthBitAlloced function in bitfield.c in Transmission before 2.84 allows remote attackers to cause…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 5.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 18 days later
· 18 days later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.4% · top 7.3% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
16
- FEDORA-2014-8331 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/Changes#version-2.84 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140710 CVE request: transmission peer communication vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 68487 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=516822 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20140711 Re: CVE request: transmission peer communication vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 60108 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 60527 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 59897 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-2988 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://inertiawar.com/submission.go (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-2279-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1118290 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://twitter.com/benhawkes/statuses/484378151959539712 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0980 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 108997 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2014-4828 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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