CVE-2020-15904
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 22, 2020 at 10:25 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:57 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorBSDIFF4
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
A buffer overflow in the patching routine of bsdiff4 before 1.2.0 allows an attacker to write to heap memory (beyond allocated bounds) via a crafted patch file.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/ilanschnell/bsdiff4/blob/master/CHANGELOG.txtx_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/ilanschnell/bsdiff4/commit/49a4cee2feef7deaf9d89e5e793a8824930284d7CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787
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