CVE-2015-1270

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    CVE-2015-1270

    Published: 23 Jul 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1499.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3315, http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3360, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2740-1, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09, http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/07/stable-channel-update_21.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00038.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75973, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033031, https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/deps/icu/+/f1ad7f9ba957571dc692ea3e187612c685615e19, https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=444573, https://codereview.chromium.org/1157143002/

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High
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