CVE-2008-1036

ICU: Invalid character sequences omission during conversion of some character encodings (XSS attack possible)

Published Jun 2, 2008 CVSS 2.0 · 4.3 Medium EPSS 3.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
The International Components for Unicode (ICU) library in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.3, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, and other operating systems omits some invalid character sequences during conversion of some character encodings, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1762-1 New icu packages fix cross site scripting
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-1047 The International Components for Unicode (ICU) library in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.3, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, and other operating systems omits some invalid character sequences during conversion of some character encodings, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-747-1 ICU vulnerability
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 8:08 AM
Reserved
Feb 26, 2008, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 2, 2008, 9:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:50 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 28, 2008, 12:00 AM