Improper Detection of Invalid UTF-8 Sequences in Boost.Locale Library

CVE-2013-0252 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

boost::locale::utf::utf_traits in the Boost.Locale library in Boost 1.48 through 1.52 does not properly detect certain invalid UTF-8 sequences, which might allow remote attackers to bypass input validation protection mechanisms via crafted trailing bytes.

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