Unscored severity · published May 25, 2015
CVE-2014-8147
The resolveImplicitLevels function in common/ubidi.c in the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm implementation in ICU4C in International Components for Unicode (ICU) before 55.1 uses…
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CVSS
23.6%
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 uses an integer data type that is inconsistent with a header file, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect malloc followed by invalid free) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted text.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)23.6% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IC
International Components For Unicode · Icu-project
before 55.1 · 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-2014-8147
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8147
Issue Tracking
http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/changeset/37080
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
Exploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/14
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3323
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