CVE-2015-2059 Information disclosure in n/a
Attackers can read system memory via invalid UTF-8 characters in libin, potentially exposing sensitive data in applications like jabberd2.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-2059?
CVE-2015-2059 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 12 Aug 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The stringprep_utf8_to_ucs4 function in libin before 1.31, as used in jabberd2, allows context-dependent attackers to read system memory and possibly have other unspecified impact via invalid UTF-8 characters in a string, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-2059?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Gnu Libidn, Opensuse Opensuse.
How do I fix CVE-2015-2059?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2015-2059 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-2059 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-2059, DLA-277-1, DLA-476-1, DSA-3578-1, GHSA-4rq4-pxv8-v7cg, MGASA-2015-0349 and 1 more.