CVE-2015-2059

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    CVE-2015-2059

    Published: 12 Aug 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The stringprep_utf8_to_ucs4 function in libin before 1.31, as used in jabberd2, allows context-dependent attackers to read system memory and possibly have other unspecified impact via invalid UTF-8 characters in a string, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

    References: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162537.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162549.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00042.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3578, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/23/25, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3068-1, https://github.com/jabberd2/jabberd2/issues/85, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/23/25, http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libidn.git/commit/?id=2e97c279, https://github.com/jabberd2/jabberd2/issues/85, http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libidn.git/commit/?id=2e97c279, https://github.com/jabberd2/jabberd2/issues/85, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00098.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72736

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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