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CVE-2015-1270

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-19 Data Handling
Publication date:
23/07/2015
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

The ucnv_io_getConverterName function in common/ucnv_io.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU), as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89, mishandles converter names with initial x- substrings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (read of uninitialized memory) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 43.0.2357.134 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus:6.7z:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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