{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5380","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other impact via a crafted byte sequence.","modified":"2025-07-16T07:33:10.713532Z","published":"2015-07-09T10:59:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-07-18T16:43:15Z","upstream":["CVE-2015-5380"],"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"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"nodejs","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/nodejs@4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4.1"}]}],"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":"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"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5380.json"}},{"package":{"name":"nodejs","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/nodejs@8.10.0~dfsg-2?arch=source&distro=bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"8.10.0~dfsg-2"}]}],"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"],"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"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5380.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}