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high7.5

CVE-2015-5380

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…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
GoogleV8
All versions
IojsIo.Js
through 1.8.2
Versions 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.1.0, 2.2.0
NodejsNode.Js
through 0.12.5

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