Is CVE-2014-8769 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2014-8769 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2014-8769?

CVE-2014-8769 has a CVSS v2 base score of 6.4 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2014-8769?

CVE-2014-8769 has an EPSS score of 5.51% (92th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8769?

Upgrade tcpdump on debian 11 to 4.6.2-2 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2014-8769

MEDIUMEPSS 92th pctl

6.4

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

tcpdump 3.8 through 4.6.2 might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from memory or cause a denial of service (packet loss or segmentation fault) via a crafted Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector (AODV) packet, which triggers an out-of-bounds memory access.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

tcpdumpDebian

Fixed in:4.6.2-2CVE-2014-8769

tcpdumpUbuntu

Fixed in:4.5.1-2ubuntu1.1USN-2433-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

5.51%probability of exploitation in 30 days

92ndpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 92% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit3

Other references11

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CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-11882	High	7.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-15944	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-0014	High	10.0	97%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-06.