Vulnerability in Google Chrome
CVE-2015-1270
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.
EPSS: 0.027 (84.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Google Chrome
- Oracle Solaris — versions 11.3
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0
- Opensuse — versions 13.1, 13.2
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary — versions 6.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server_supplementary — versions 6.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus — versions 6.7z
- Redhat Enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary — versions 6.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-1270?
- CVE-2015-1270 is a vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under CWE-19. Published 2015-07-23.
- Is CVE-2015-1270 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.