CVE-2017-14952

Published: 16 October 2017

Double free in i18n/zonemeta.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ through 59.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string, aka a "redundant UVector entry clean up function call" issue.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
icu Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Released (57.1-6ubuntu0.2)
	trusty	Released (52.1-3ubuntu0.7)
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Released (55.1-7ubuntu0.3)
	zesty	Released (57.1-5ubuntu0.2)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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