CVE-2015-2059

critical

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.

References

https://github.com/jabberd2/jabberd2/issues/85

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3068-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72736

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/23/25

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3578

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00098.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00042.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162549.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162537.html

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libidn.git/commit/?id=2e97c279

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-08-12

Updated: 2018-10-30

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical