CVE-2014-9765

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-04-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 14.04, 15.10
Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0
Opensuse: 13.1, 13.2
Xdelta3: through 3.0.8

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00125.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00131.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3484
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/08/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/08/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83109
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2901-1
https://github.com/jmacd/xdelta-devel/commit/ef93ff74203e030073b898c05e8b4860b5d09ef2
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-40
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00125.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00131.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3484

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