CVE-2020-14315

CRITICAL

bsdiff 4.3 - Out-of-bounds Write via Insufficient Input Validation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A memory corruption vulnerability is present in bspatch as shipped in Colin Percival’s bsdiff tools version 4.3. Insufficient checks when handling external inputs allows an attacker to bypass the sanity checks in place and write out of a dynamically allocated buffer boundaries.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/07/09/2
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2020-006-bspatch/
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1856747

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0253
EPSS Percentile 83.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (1)
daemonology/bsdiff 4.3
Published Sep 16, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026