CVE-2014-8147
The resolveImplicitLevels function in common/ubidi.c in the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm implementation in ICU4C in International Components for Unicode (ICU) before 55.1 uses an integer data type that is inconsistent with a header file, which allows…
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Description
The resolveImplicitLevels function in common/ubidi.c in the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm implementation in ICU4C in International Components for Unicode (ICU) before 55.1 uses an integer data type that is inconsistent with a header file, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect malloc followed by invalid free) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted text.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 23.20% probability · 98th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- apple/mac os x · apple/watchos · icu-project/international components for unicode
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/changeset/37080Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.htmlMailing List
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.htmlMailing List
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/05/6Mailing List
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/14Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3323Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/602540Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.htmlPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74457Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/generic/i-c-u-fail.txtExploit
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-04Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT205213Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT205267Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
- http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/changeset/37080Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.htmlMailing List
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.htmlMailing List
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/05/6Mailing List
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/14Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3323Third Party Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/602540Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.htmlPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74457Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pedrib/PoC/master/generic/i-c-u-fail.txtExploit
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-04Third Party Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT205213Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.