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CVE-2014-9862
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…
High7.8EPSS 6.8%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.8% · top 6.0% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- 91824 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FreeBSD-SA-16:25 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDx_transferred
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/bsdiff/+/4d054795b673855e3a7556c6f2f7ab99ca509998 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/third_party/bsdiff/+/d0307d1711bd74e51b783a49f9160775aa22e659 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2016-07-18-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 1036438 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=372525 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/HT206903 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:1977 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20191126 [SECURITY] [DLA 2010-1] bsdiff security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-202003-44 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20200709 X41 D-Sec GmbH Security Advisory X41-2020-006: Memory Corruption Vulnerability in bspatch (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20200709 X41 D-Sec GmbH Security Advisory X41-2020-006: Memory Corruption Vulnerability in bspatch (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- USN-4500-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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