{"id":"USN-2279-1","summary":"transmission vulnerability","details":"Ben Hawkes discovered that Transmission incorrectly handled certain peer\nmessages. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause a denial of\nservice, or possibly execute arbitrary code.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:40:49Z","published":"2014-07-16T12:16:06Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4909"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-4909","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4909"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2279-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4909"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"transmission","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/transmission@2.82-1.1ubuntu3.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.82-1.1ubuntu3.1"}]}],"versions":["2.82-0ubuntu1","2.82-1ubuntu1","2.82-1.1ubuntu1","2.82-1.1ubuntu3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"transmission","binary_version":"2.82-1.1ubuntu3.1"},{"binary_name":"transmission-cli","binary_version":"2.82-1.1ubuntu3.1"},{"binary_name":"transmission-common","binary_version":"2.82-1.1ubuntu3.1"},{"binary_name":"transmission-daemon","binary_version":"2.82-1.1ubuntu3.1"},{"binary_name":"transmission-gtk","binary_version":"2.82-1.1ubuntu3.1"},{"binary_name":"transmission-qt","binary_version":"2.82-1.1ubuntu3.1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2279-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2014-4909"}]}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}