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CVE-2015-1270

ICU: Uninitialized memory read fixed in Chrome 44.0.2403.89

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.4

CVSS 2.0

Review impact separately from score.

Published · July 21, 2015

Updated · June 28, 2026

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.

Statement

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.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 6.4
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CWE not specified