CVE-2014-9765 (GCVE-0-2014-9765)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-04-19 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:55
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow in the main_get_appheader function in xdelta3-main.h in xdelta3 before 3.0.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted input file.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
debian CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard – unranked: 2 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details
References
URL Tags
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https://github.com/jmacd/xdelta-devel/commit/ef93… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2901-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3484 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-0… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-40 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83109 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-0… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/08/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2014-10-12 00:00
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