Name: CVE-2014-9765: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-04-19T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2014-9765, CWE-119, CVSS 8.8, EPSS 0.04157

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.8
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade xdelta3.	Aug 30, 2017	Apr 19, 2016
Debian	—	Upgrade xdelta3	Feb 19, 2016	Feb 19, 2016
Freebsd	—	Upgrade xdelta3	Dec 10, 2025	Feb 16, 2016
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade dev-util/xdelta.	Oct 30, 2017	Apr 19, 2016
Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2	—	Upgrade xdelta	Dec 4, 2019	Apr 19, 2016
Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3	—	Upgrade xdelta	Dec 18, 2019	Apr 19, 2016
Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5	—	Upgrade xdelta	Dec 11, 2019	Apr 19, 2016
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Oct 12, 2014
Suse	—	Upgrade xdelta3	Feb 22, 2016	Feb 20, 2016
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade xdelta3	Feb 17, 2016	Feb 17, 2016

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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