CVE-2013-0252

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-03-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

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.

Affected products

Boost: 1.48.0, 1.49.0, 1.50.0, 1.51.0, 1.52.0

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=699649
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=699650
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/099103.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/099122.html
http://www.boost.org/users/news/boost_locale_security_notice.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:065
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/04/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57675
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1727-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907481
https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/7743
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=699649

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