CVE-2015-2059

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-2059
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-08-12 14:59:09 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 21 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Application Gnu Libidn All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
jabberd CVE-2015-2059 Out of Bounds Read Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: libidn-1.31-1.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Stringprep calls may reveal random memory · Issue #85 · jabberd2/jabberd2 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
libidn.git - GNU libidn af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.savannah.gnu.org Issue Tracking, Patch
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: jabberd remote information disclosure af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3578-1 libidn af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
openSUSE-SU-2016:2135-1: moderate: Security update for libidn af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
openSUSE-SU-2015:1261-1: moderate: Security update for libidn af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: libidn-1.31-1.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
USN-3068-1: Libidn vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
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