UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14315

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-14315
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14315.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14315
Upstream
Published
2020-09-16T14:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-14T06:45:18.104423Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A memory corruption vulnerability is present in bspatch as shipped in Colin Percival’s bsdiff tools version 4.3. Insufficient checks when handling external inputs allows an attacker to bypass the sanity checks in place and write out of a dynamically allocated buffer boundaries.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / bsdiff

Package

Name
bsdiff
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/bsdiff@4.3-15+deb8u1build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.3-15
4.3-15+deb8u1build0.16.04.1

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / bsdiff

Package

Name
bsdiff
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/bsdiff@4.3-20?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.3-19
4.3-20

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / bsdiff

Package

Name
bsdiff
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/bsdiff@4.3-21?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.3-21

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / bsdiff

Package

Name
bsdiff
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/bsdiff@4.3-23?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.3-22
4.3-23

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / bsdiff

Package

Name
bsdiff
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/bsdiff@4.3-23?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.3-23

Ubuntu:25.04 / bsdiff

Package

Name
bsdiff
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/bsdiff@4.3-23?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.3-23