Description
The Utf8DecoderBase::WriteUtf16Slow function in unicode-decoder.cc in Google V8, as used in Node.js before 0.12.6, io.js before 1.8.3 and 2.x before 2.3.3, and other products, does not verify that there is memory available for a UTF-16 surrogate pair, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted byte sequence.
Published: 2015-07-09
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-5336 The Utf8DecoderBase::WriteUtf16Slow function in unicode-decoder.cc in Google V8, as used in Node.js before 0.12.6, io.js before 1.8.3 and 2.x before 2.3.3, and other products, does not verify that there is memory available for a UTF-16 surrogate pair, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted byte sequence.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:50:02.366Z

Reserved: 2015-07-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-5380

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-07-09T10:59:00.057

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-5380

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-07-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-5380 - Bugzilla

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