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title: "CVE-2018-18928\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2018-18928

Publication date 4 November 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**9.8 · Critical**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18928?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ 63.1 has an integer
overflow in number::impl::DecimalQuantity::toScientificString() in
i18n/number\_decimalquantity.cpp.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| chromium-browser | 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| icu | 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18928?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| icu | * Upstream:   [53d8c8f](https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/commit/53d8c8f3d181d87a6aa925b449b51c4a2c922a51) |

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

9.8 · Critical

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 9.8 · Critical |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18928)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18928)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2018-18928)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18928)

### Other references

* <https://unicode-org.atlassian.net/browse/ICU-20246>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18928>