Unscored severity · published May 25, 2015
CVE-2014-8146
The resolveImplicitLevels function in common/ubidi.c in the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm implementation in ICU4C in International Components for Unicode (ICU) before 55.1 does…
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CVSS
24.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The resolveImplicitLevels function in common/ubidi.c in the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm implementation in ICU4C in International Components for Unicode (ICU) before 55.1 does not properly track directionally isolated pieces of text, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted text.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)24.7% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IO
iOS · Apple
through 8.2 · source: NVD
IC
International Components For Unicode · Icu-project
before 55.1 · source: NVD
IT
Itunes · Apple
through 12.1.3 · source: NVD
MO
Mac OS X · Apple
through 10.10.4 · source: NVD
WA
Watchos · Apple
through 1.0.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8146
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8146
Issue Tracking
http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/changeset/37162
Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00001.html
Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00003.html
Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00005.html
Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00008.html
Mailing List
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/05/6
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