CVE-2015-1270

Name	CVE-2015-1270
Description	The ucnv_io_getConverterName function in common/ucnv_io.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU), as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89, mishandles converter names with initial x- substrings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (read of uninitialized memory) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-3315-1, DSA-3360-1
Debian Bugs	798647

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
icu (PTS)	bullseye	67.1-7	fixed
	bookworm	72.1-3	fixed
	sid, trixie	72.1-5	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
chromium-browser	source	squeeze	(unfixed)	end-of-life
chromium-browser	source	wheezy	(unfixed)	end-of-life
chromium-browser	source	jessie	44.0.2403.89-1~deb8u1		DSA-3315-1
chromium-browser	source	(unstable)	44.0.2403.89-1
icu	source	squeeze	(not affected)
icu	source	wheezy	(not affected)
icu	source	jessie	52.1-8+deb8u3		DSA-3360-1
icu	source	(unstable)	55.1-5			798647

Notes

[wheezy] - icu <not-affected> (code in ucnv_io_getConverterName not present, introduced in 49.x)
[squeeze] - icu <not-affected> (code in ucnv_io_getConverterName not present, introduced in 49.x)
http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/11696
Patch: http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/changeset/37486/