{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9140","details":"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.","modified":"2026-01-30T02:27:40.529106Z","published":"2014-12-03T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2433-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-9140"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9140"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://seclists.org/tcpdump/2014/q4/72"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2433-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9140"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"tcpdump","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/tcpdump@4.5.1-2ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.5.1-2ubuntu1.1"}]}],"versions":["4.4.0-1ubuntu1","4.5.1-2ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"tcpdump","binary_version":"4.5.1-2ubuntu1.1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9140.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}