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CVE-2015-2059

libidn: out-of-bounds read with stringprep on invalid UTF-8

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.6

CVSS 2.0

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Published · February 23, 2015

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

The stringprep_utf8_to_ucs4 function in libin before 1.31, as used in jabberd2, allows context-dependent attackers to read system memory and possibly have other unspecified impact via invalid UTF-8 characters in a string, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.

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 · 2.6
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read