CVE-2015-5380

Publication date 9 July 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

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.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
nodejs	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Ignored end of life
	15.04 vivid	Ignored end of life
	14.10 utopic	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

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Notes

msalvatore

Does not affect Node.js before 0.12.0

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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