Stack-based buffer overflow in the _canonicalize function in common/uloc.c in International Components for Unicode (ICU) before 49.1…

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the _canonicalize function in common/uloc.c in International Components for Unicode (ICU) before 49.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted locale ID that is not properly handled during variant canonicalization.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

7.9% · top 5.3% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (21)

• 51006 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 47674 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 47146 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 47775 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• icu-canonicalize-bo(71726) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20111209 Re: CVE Request: icu out of bounds access (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=106441 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 77698 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/8984 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• USN-1348-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• 47227 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2011:194 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2012:0100 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20111209 CVE Request: icu out of bounds access (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• RHSA-2011:1815 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• DSA-2397 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 47714 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 00:09 UTC.