CVE catalog
CVE-2014-5439
sniffit: CVE-2014-5439
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.55% · Oct 25, 2026
Multiple Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerabilities exists in Sniffit prior to 0.3.7 via a crafted configuration file that will bypass Non-eXecutable bit NX, stack smashing protector SSP, and address space layout randomization ASLR protection mechanisms, which could let a malicious user execute arbitrary code.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | sniffit | sid | 0.7-1 | fixed |
| Debian | sniffit | forky | 0.7-1 | fixed |
| Debian | sniffit | bookworm | 0.5-3 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | sniffit | 16.04 | 0.3.7.beta-19 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | sniffit | 16.04 | 0.3.7.beta-19build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | sniffit | 16.04 | 0.3.7.beta-19ubuntu0.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | sniffit | 14.04 | 0.3.7.beta-17 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | sniffit | 14.04 | 0.3.7.beta-17+deb8u1build0.14.04.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | sniffit | 16.04 | 0.3.7.beta-19 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | sniffit | 16.04 | 0.3.7.beta-19build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | sniffit | 16.04 | 0.3.7.beta-19ubuntu0.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | sniffit | source | sid | 0.3.7.beta-20 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [845122] |
| Debian | sniffit | source | forky | 0.3.7.beta-20 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [845122] |
| Debian | sniffit | source | bookworm | 0.3.7.beta-20 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [845122] |
| Ubuntu | sniffit | deb | 16.04 | 0.3.7.beta-19ubuntu0.1 | Not reported | USN-4652-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | sniffit | deb | 14.04 | 0.3.7.beta-17+deb8u1build0.14.04.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5439 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | sniffit | deb | 16.04 | 0.3.7.beta-19ubuntu0.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5439 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [sniffit]Fixed
Details (2)
0.5-3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.3.7.beta-20dsa · sniffit · debian · bookworm; dsa · sniffit · debian · 12
0.5-3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.3.7.beta-20dsa · sniffit · debian · bookworm; dsa · sniffit · debian · 12
Observed:
References
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5439]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-713-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5439]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4652-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5439]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]