CVE-2015-2059

high

Published 2015-08-12 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

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.

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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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1.31-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1.31-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`1.31-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`1.31-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1.31-1`
suse	13.1	affected
suse	13.2	affected
fedora	21	affected
fedora	22	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
gnu	libidn	`{"endIncluding":"1.30"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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