{"id":"USN-4500-1","summary":"bsdiff vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that bsdiff mishandled certain input. If a user were tricked\ninto opening a malicious file, an attacker could cause bsdiff to crash or \npotentially execute arbitrary code.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:55Z","published":"2020-09-15T20:33:49Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9862"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-9862","UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9862"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4500-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9862"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"bsdiff","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/bsdiff@4.3-15+deb8u1build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.3-15+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"}]}],"versions":["4.3-15"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"bsdiff","binary_version":"4.3-15+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2014-9862","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4500-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}