Buffer Overflow Affecting bsdiff4 package, versions [,1.2.0)
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.09% (36th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-BSDIFF4-590064
- published 23 Jul 2020
- disclosed 23 Jul 2020
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 23 Jul 2020
CVE-2020-15904 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade bsdiff4 to version 1.2.0 or higher.
Overview
bsdiff4 is a binary diff and patch using the BSDIFF4-format
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow. A buffer overflow in the patching routine of bsdiff4 allows an attacker to write to heap memory (beyond allocated bounds) via a crafted patch file.