| Name | CVE-2014-4909 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2988-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 755985 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| transmission (PTS) | bullseye | 3.00-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.00-2.1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 4.0.6+dfsg-2 | fixed |
| sid | 4.0.6+dfsg-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[squeeze] - transmission <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
http://trac.transmissionbt.com/wiki/Changes#version-2.84
PoC: http://web.archive.org/web/20140815000641/http://inertiawar.com:80/submission.go