CVE-2014-9862 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Bsdiff

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound10 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
9.0%
top 7.36%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Daemonology BsdiffDebian BsdiffApple MAC OS X+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJul 22
Latest updateMay 13

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/bsdiff< bsdiff 4.3-17 (bookworm)
▶Debiandaemonology/bsdiff< 4.3-17+3
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.11.5

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-gv4w-9q78-3649: Integer signedness error in bspatch↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2014-9862: Integer signedness error in bspatch↗2016-07-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
bsdiff vulnerabilities↗2020-09-15
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BSD
FreeBSD-SA-16:25.bspatch: Heap vulnerability in bspatch↗2016-07-25
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Apple
CVE-2014-9862: OS X El Capitan v10.11.6 and Security Update 2016-004↗2016-07-18
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Debian
CVE-2014-9862: bsdiff - Integer signedness error in bspatch.c in bspatch in bsdiff, as used in Apple OS ...↗2014
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-9862 bsdiff: Improper checking of input allows arbitrary write on heap↗2016-07-26
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Bugzilla
CVE-2014-9862 bsdiff: Improper checking of input allows arbitrary write on heap [fedora-all]↗2016-07-26
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Bugzilla
CVE-2014-9862 bsdiff: Improper checking of input allows arbitrary write on heap [epel-all]↗2016-07-26
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