CVE-2015-1270

Severity

68%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

106%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 9 years ago

2015-07-23 00:59:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:27:00

Affected Software

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary 6.0 (v. 6)

6.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary 6.0 (v. 6)

6.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary EUS 6.7z

6.7z

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary 6.0 (v. 6)

6.0

OpenSUSE 13.1

13.1

OpenSUSE 13.2

13.2

Debian Linux 8.0 (Jessie)

8.0

Oracle Solaris 11.3

11.3

References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/07/stable-channel-update_21.html

Patch, Vendor Advisory

openSUSE-SU-2015:1287

Third Party Advisory

RHSA-2015:1499

Third Party Advisory

DSA-3315

Third Party Advisory

DSA-3360

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html

Third Party Advisory

75973

1033031

USN-2740-1

https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/deps/icu/+/f1ad7f9ba957571dc692ea3e187612c685615e19

Patch, Vendor Advisory

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=444573

Vendor Advisory

https://codereview.chromium.org/1157143002/

Patch, Vendor Advisory

GLSA-201603-09

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