CVE-2014-8146

Published: May 25, 2015Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-119

7.5HIGH

NVD MITRE

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 does not properly track directionally isolated pieces of text, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted text.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

Apple Inc.

commercial·USaka apple, apple computer

OS X

Operating Systems

iTunesDesktop App

Operating Systems / media-player

iOSEmbeddedOS

Operating Systems / mobile-os

mac os xOn-premOS

Operating Systems / unix-bsd

watchosEmbeddedOS

Operating Systems / mobile-os

Icu Project

oss-projectaka international components for unicode, icu

International Components for UnicodeLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

icu-project

oss-projectaka international components for unicode

international components for unicodeLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques

Initial Access

Privilege Escalation

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References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/602540

kb.cert.org

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2015-2367953.html

oracle.com

https://support.apple.com/HT205267

support.apple.com

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