CVE-2014-9765

high

Published 2016-04-19 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

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

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
13.2	Affected	—
13.1	Affected	—

Ubuntu Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
15.10	Affected	—
14.04	Affected	—

Debian Mixed 7 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`3.0.8-dfsg-1.1`
sid	Fixed	`3.0.8-dfsg-1.1`
forky	Fixed	`3.0.8-dfsg-1.1`
bullseye	Fixed	`3.0.8-dfsg-1.1`
bookworm	Fixed	`3.0.8-dfsg-1.1`
8.0	Affected	—
7.0	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
xdelta	xdelta3	`{"endIncluding":"3.0.8"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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