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CVE-2014-9765

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-9765 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the main_get_appheader function of xdelta3, affecting versions prior to 3.0.9, as well as products from Canonical, Debian, and openSUSE. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through a crafted input file, requiring user interaction but with low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
15.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 3.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xdelta:xdelta3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0416 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: xdelta

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-9765Moderate

xdelta: buffer overflow in main_get_appheader

Oct 12, 2014

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00125.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00131.html
github.com / jmacd/xdelta-devel/commit/ef93ff74203e030073b898c05e8b4860b5d09ef2
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-40
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3484
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/02/08/1
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/02/08/2
securityfocus.com / bid/83109
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2901-1