CVE-2014-8147 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2014-8147?

CVE-2014-8147 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X, published on 25 May 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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 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.

Weakness: CWE-189

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-8147?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Apple Mac Os X, Apple Watchos, Icu-Project International Components for Unicode.

How do I fix CVE-2014-8147?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-8147 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-8147 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as CVE-2015-8147, DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8147, GHSA-94pf-226p-r5p9, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8147.