CVE-2015-1270

medium
Published 2015-07-23 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

The ucnv_io_getConverterName function in common/ucnv_io.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU), as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89, mishandles converter names with initial x- substrings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (read of uninitialized memory) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1270

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed55.1-5
debian debianbullseyefixed55.1-5
debian debianforkyfixed55.1-5
debian debiansidfixed55.1-5
debian debiantrixiefixed55.1-5
debian debian8.0affected
suse suse13.1affected
suse suse13.2affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
gcp googlechrome{"endIncluding":"43.0.2357.134"}

References

CWEs

CWE-19

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.