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.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2015-1270 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
This issue did not affect the versions of icu as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. This issue affects the versions of icu as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact.
| Base Score | 6.4 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (chromium-browser) | RHSA-2015:1499 | 2015-07-27 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | icu | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | icu | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | icu | Not affected |
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