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CVE-2014-8147 (GCVE-0-2014-8147)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-05-25 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:10
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2015-05-04 00:00
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      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2014-8147",
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