Improper Data Handling Affecting icu package, versions <52.1-8+deb8u3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.82% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-ICU-337333
  • published23 Jul 2015
  • disclosed23 Jul 2015

Introduced: 23 Jul 2015

CVE-2015-1270  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-19  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 icu to version 52.1-8+deb8u3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream icu package and not the icu package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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