CVE-2015-1270

mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.027 · 86 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.73% (86th) EPSS

CVSS 6.8 · medium

Is it mine?

11 products

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Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The ucnv_io_getConverterName function in common/ucnv_io.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU), as used in Google Chrome before 44.0.2403.89, mishandles converter names with initial x- substrings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (read of uninitialized memory) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 6.4

v2.06.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Psecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v2.05.8mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-19USprimaryCWE-19US

affected products (11)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Google Inc Google Chrome≤ 44.0.2403.89fstec_bduRU
debian debian linux= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google chrome≤ 43.0.2357.134nvdUScpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse= 13.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse= 13.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle solaris= 11.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux desktop supplementary= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux server supplementary= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux server supplementary eus= 6.7znvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux workstation supplementary= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2015-07-23modified 2026-06-17

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references (30)

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