CVE - CVE-2014-8146

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-8146	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings
Description
The resolveImplicitLevels function in common/ubidi.c in the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm implementation in ICU4C in International Components for Unicode (ICU) before 55.1 does not properly track directionally isolated pieces of text, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted text.
References
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FULLDISC:20150505 [CVE-2014-8146/8147] - ICU heap and integer overflows / I-C-U-FAIL URL:http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/14 MLIST:[oss-security] 20150505 [CVE-2014-8146/8147] - ICU heap and integer overflows / I-C-U-FAIL URL:http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/05/6 MISC:https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/generic/i-c-u-fail.txt CONFIRM:http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/changeset/37162 CONFIRM:https://support.apple.com/HT205212 CONFIRM:https://support.apple.com/HT205221 CONFIRM:https://support.apple.com/HT205213 CONFIRM:https://support.apple.com/HT205267 CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.html APPLE:APPLE-SA-2015-09-16-1 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html APPLE:APPLE-SA-2015-09-16-3 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00003.html APPLE:APPLE-SA-2015-09-21-1 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html APPLE:APPLE-SA-2015-09-30-3 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html CERT-VN:VU#602540 URL:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/602540
Date Entry Created
20141010	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE-ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20141010)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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CVE-2014-8146