CVE-2014-9765

high
Published 2016-04-19 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
8.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9765

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debian7.0affected
debian debian8.0affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu15.10affected
suse suse13.1affected
suse suse13.2affected
debian debianbookwormfixed3.0.8-dfsg-1.1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.0.8-dfsg-1.1
debian debianforkyfixed3.0.8-dfsg-1.1
debian debiansidfixed3.0.8-dfsg-1.1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.0.8-dfsg-1.1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
xdeltaxdelta3{"endIncluding":"3.0.8"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.