CVE Catalog

CVE-2015-1414

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Integer overflow in FreeBSD before 8.4 p24, 9.x before 9.3 p10, 10.0 before p18, and 10.1 before p6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted IGMP packet, which triggers an incorrect size calculation and allocation of insufficient memory.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to remotely trigger a system crash, potentially leading to service downtime.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the system to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor network traffic for potential attacks.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Integer overflow in FreeBSD before 8.4 p24, 9.x before 9.3 p10. 10.0 before p18, and 10.1 before p6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted IGMP packet, which triggers an incorrect size calculation and allocation of insufficient memory.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS