CVE-2014-9765: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 4.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 14.04 only; version 15.10 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 13.1 only; version 13.2 only
• Xdelta XDELTA3: up to and including 3.0.8

Published 2016-04-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.