CVE-2014-9862

Description

Integer signedness error in bspatch.c in bspatch in bsdiff, as used in Apple OS X before 10.11.6 and other products, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) via a crafted patch file.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

References

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9862.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00026.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Jul/8
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/09/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91824
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036438
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/bsdiff/+/4d054795b673855e3a7556c6f2f7ab99ca509998
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=372525
• https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/third_party/bsdiff/+/d0307d1711bd74e51b783a49f9160775aa22e659
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00028.html
• https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:25.bspatch.asc
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-44
• https://support.apple.com/HT206903
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4500-1/
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9862

CWEs

CWE-190