CVE-2015-1270
ICU: Uninitialized memory read fixed in Chrome 44.0.2403.89
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
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
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 6.4AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CWE not specified