CVE-2014-8146

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductIcu-project International Components For Unicode
PublishedMay 25, 2015
First seenMay 25, 2015

How to fix

Update
  • icu-project international_components_for_unicode55.1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
icu-project international_components_for_unicodev < 55.155.1
apple itunesv ≤ 12.1.3—
apple iphone_osv ≤ 8.2—
apple mac_os_xv ≤ 10.10.4—
apple watchosv ≤ 1.0.1—

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