CVE-2015-5380
Publication date 9 July 2015
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| nodejs | 18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
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| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
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| 14.04 LTS trusty |
Not affected
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Notes
References
Other references
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/05/1
- https://medium.com/@iojs/important-security-upgrades-for-node-js-and-io-js-8ac14ece5852
- http://blog.nodejs.org/2015/07/03/node-v0-12-6-stable/
- https://github.com/joyent/node/issues/25583
- https://codereview.chromium.org/1226493003
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5380