CVE-2013-0252

Description

boost::locale::utf::utf_traits in the Boost.Locale library in Boost 1.48 through 1.52 does not properly detect certain invalid UTF-8 sequences, which might allow remote attackers to bypass input validation protection mechanisms via crafted trailing bytes.

References

https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7743

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907481

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1727-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57675

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/04/2

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:065

http://www.boost.org/users/news/boost_locale_security_notice.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/099122.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/099103.html

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=699650

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=699649

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3