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CVE-2015-2059

Published: Aug 12, 2015Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
3.2%
Top 13.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

gnu
oss-project·USaka g. nu
libidn
OSS Libraries
opensuse
oss-project·DE
opensuseOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
fedoraproject
oss-project·USaka fedora project
fedoraOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
Scannable·OpenVAS
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Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/libidn.git/commit/?id=2e97c279
git.savannah.gnu.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162537.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162549.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
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