Is CVE-2014-9140 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2014-9140 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2014-9140?

CVE-2014-9140 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2014-9140?

CVE-2014-9140 has an EPSS score of 5.76% (92th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2014-9140?

Upgrade tcpdump on debian 11 to 4.6.2-3 or later. Fixes are available for 2 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2014-9140

MEDIUMEPSS 92th pctl

5.0

CVSS v2

NVD

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.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

tcpdumpDebian

Fixed in:4.6.2-3CVE-2014-9140

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

5.76%probability of exploitation in 30 days

92ndpercentile

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

References

Patch1

ubuntu.com

Exploit1

github.com

Vendor Advisory1

debian.org

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.