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CVE-2014-9862 json

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 attacker…

published 2016-07-22 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-9667

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.8%
EPSS 6.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • bsdiff Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.3-17

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9862

  • bsdiff Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.3-15+deb8u1build0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9862

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libostree SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15-LTSS +1 more 2018.1-150000.4.3.1
  • libostree SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP2-LTSS, SLES 15 SP2-BCL +9 more 2020.8-150200.3.6.1
  • libostree SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES 15 SP1-LTSS, SLES 15 SP1-BCL +3 more 2018.9-150100.7.4.1
  • libostree SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 2021.6-150400.3.3.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:3671-1SUSE-SU-2022:3456-1SUSE-SU-2022:3455-1SUSE-SU-2022:3094-1

  • bsdiff openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.3-5.3

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10045-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-9862 updated cvss 7.0

bsdiff: Improper checking of input allows arbitrary write on heap

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

6.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

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