CVE-2017-7868
mediumpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.044 · 91 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-23
International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ before 2017-02-13 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the utf8TextAccess function in common/utext.cpp and the utext_moveIndex32* function.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
weaknesses
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affected products (9)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Open Source International Components for Unicode (icu)all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:icu_project:international_components_for_unicode:-
- icu-project international components for unicode≤ 58.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:icu-project:international_components_for_unicode:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
advisories (2)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2022-2355International Components for Unicode (icu): Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2017-07-18csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in International Components for Unicode (icu) ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen oder beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen.
- WID-SEC-W-2025-1660Oracle Utilities: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2019-04-16csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Oracle Utilities ausnutzen, um einen nicht näher spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen.
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sources
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references (18)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/changeset/39671cnnvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3830cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97674cnnvd
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=437cnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-03cnnvd
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.htmlcnnvd
- http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/changeset/39671enisa_euvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3830enisa_euvd
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