CVE - CVE-2015-1270

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-1270	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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CONFIRM:http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/07/stable-channel-update_21.html CONFIRM:https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/deps/icu/+/f1ad7f9ba957571dc692ea3e187612c685615e19 CONFIRM:https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=444573 CONFIRM:https://codereview.chromium.org/1157143002/ CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html DEBIAN:DSA-3315 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3315 DEBIAN:DSA-3360 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3360 GENTOO:GLSA-201603-09 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09 REDHAT:RHSA-2015:1499 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1499.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2015:1287 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00038.html UBUNTU:USN-2740-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2740-1 BID:75973 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75973 SECTRACK:1033031 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033031
Assigning CNA
N/A
Date Entry Created
20150121	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 (20150121)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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