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CVE-2011-4599

Published: 15 December 2011

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
jdstrand
based on the patch, looks like a heap buffer overflow

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
icu
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Ignored
(end of life)
lucid
Released (4.2.1-3ubuntu0.10.04.1)
maverick
Released (4.2.1-3ubuntu0.10.10.1)
natty
Released (4.4.2-2ubuntu0.11.04.1)
oneiric
Released (4.4.2-2ubuntu0.11.10.1)
upstream
Released (4.8.1.1-3)
Patches:
other: http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/8984
vendor: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1815.html