ubuntu-cve-2015-5380
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2015-07-09 10:59
Modified
2025-07-16 04:50
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "nodejs",
            "binary_version": "4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "nodejs-dbg",
            "binary_version": "4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "nodejs-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "nodejs-dev",
            "binary_version": "4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "nodejs-dev-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "nodejs-legacy",
            "binary_version": "4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "nodejs",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/nodejs@4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4.1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.10.25~dfsg2-2ubuntu1",
        "4.2.2~dfsg-1",
        "4.2.3~dfsg-1",
        "4.2.4~dfsg-1ubuntu1",
        "4.2.4~dfsg-2",
        "4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu1",
        "4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "nodejs",
            "binary_version": "8.10.0~dfsg-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "nodejs-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "8.10.0~dfsg-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "nodejs-dev",
            "binary_version": "8.10.0~dfsg-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "nodejs-doc",
            "binary_version": "8.10.0~dfsg-2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "nodejs",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/nodejs@8.10.0~dfsg-2?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "8.10.0~dfsg-2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "6.11.4~dfsg-1ubuntu1",
        "6.11.4~dfsg-1ubuntu2",
        "6.12.0~dfsg-1ubuntu1",
        "6.12.0~dfsg-2ubuntu1",
        "6.12.0~dfsg-2ubuntu2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5380",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:53Z",
  "published": "2015-07-09T10:59:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5380"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/05/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://medium.com/@iojs/important-security-upgrades-for-node-js-and-io-js-8ac14ece5852"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://blog.nodejs.org/2015/07/03/node-v0-12-6-stable/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/joyent/node/issues/25583"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://codereview.chromium.org/1226493003"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5380"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2015-5380"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:43:15Z"
}



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