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CVE-2017-17484

Published: 10 December 2017

The ucnv_UTF8FromUTF8 function in ucnv_u8.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ through 60.1 mishandles ucnv_convertEx calls for UTF-8 to UTF-8 conversion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted string, as demonstrated by ZNC.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
Red Hat says this was possibly introduced by:
https://ssl.icu-project.org/trac/changeset/40455/trunk/icu4c/source/common/ucnv_u8.cpp

Priority

Medium

CVSS 3 base score: 9.8

Status

Package Release Status
icu
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Needs triage

precise Not vulnerable
(code not present)
trusty Not vulnerable
(code not present)
xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
zesty Not vulnerable
(code not present)
artful Not vulnerable
(code not present)
Patches:
upstream: https://ssl.icu-project.org/trac/changeset/40714
upstream: https://ssl.icu-project.org/trac/changeset/40715