UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4909

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-4909
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4909.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-4909
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Published
2014-07-11T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:17:04.659581Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / transmission

Package

Name
transmission
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/transmission@2.82-1.1ubuntu3.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.82-1.1ubuntu3.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.82-0ubuntu1
2.82-1ubuntu1
2.82-1.1ubuntu1
2.82-1.1ubuntu3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "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-dbg",
            "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"
        }
    ]
}