CVE-2020-15904 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in bsdiff4 versions prior to 1.2.0, specifically within its patching routine, allowing an attacker to write beyond allocated heap memory using a specially crafted patch file. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction and local access for exploitation. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:pypi:bsdiff4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub 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 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.