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Unscored USN-2901-1 1 CVE

xdelta3 vulnerability

Published Feb 17, 2016 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that xdelta3 incorrectly handled certain files. If a user
or automated system were tricked into processing a specially-crafted file,
a remote attacker could use this issue to cause xdelta3 to crash, resulting
in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS xdelta3 3.0.7-dfsg-2ubuntu0.2

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9765