vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2014-9862: Binary diff: Heap-based buffer overflow

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jul 22, 2016
Added
Mar 20, 2020
Modified
Aug 13, 2025

Description

A remote attacker could entice a user to apply a specially crafted patch
using bspatch, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the
privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-util-bsdiff
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