CVE-2014-9765 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2014-9765?

CVE-2014-9765 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 19 Apr 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Buffer overflow in the main_get_appheader function in xdelta3-main.h in xdelta3 before 3.0.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted input file.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9765?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Opensuse Opensuse, Xdelta Xdelta3.

How do I fix CVE-2014-9765?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2014-9765 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9765 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9765, DLA-417-1, DSA-3484-1, GHSA-g659-9pjq-jf3x, MGASA-2016-0084, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9765 and 1 more.