Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 23, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-1270
CVE-2015-1270
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.
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Affected products
12- cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus:6.7z:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
13- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2015/07/stable-channel-update_21.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00038.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1499.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3315nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3360nvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/75973nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1033031nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2740-1nvd
- chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/deps/icu/+/f1ad7f9ba957571dc692ea3e187612c685615e19nvd
- code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detailnvd
- codereview.chromium.org/1157143002/nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-09nvd
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