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CVE-2015-1270

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-1270 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the International Components for Unicode (ICU) library, specifically within the ucnv_io_getConverterName function. This flaw, present in Google Chrome before version 44.0.2403.89 and affecting various Linux distributions, allows remote attackers to trigger a read of uninitialized memory via crafted converter names. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability has a network attack vector and medium complexity, potentially leading to a denial of service or other unspecified impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in the KEV catalog, though it has received some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 43.0.2357.134CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.7zCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus:6.7z:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0273 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:44.0.2403.89-1.el6
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: icu

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-1270Moderate

ICU: Uninitialized memory read fixed in Chrome 44.0.2403.89

Jul 21, 2015

References

googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2015/07/stable-channel-update_21.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2015-07/msg00038.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1499.html
chromium.googlesource.com / chromium/deps/icu/+/f1ad7f9ba957571dc692ea3e187612c685615e19
code.google.com / p/chromium/issues/detail
codereview.chromium.org / 1157143002
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201603-09
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3315
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3360
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
securityfocus.com / bid/75973
securitytracker.com / id/1033031
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2740-1