CVE-2013-0252
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.0
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=699649
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=699650
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/099103.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/099122.html
- http://www.boost.org/users/news/boost_locale_security_notice.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:065
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/04/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57675
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1727-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907481
- https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7743
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=699649
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=699650
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/099103.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/099122.html
- http://www.boost.org/users/news/boost_locale_security_notice.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:065
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/04/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57675
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1727-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907481
- https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7743
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.