Buffer overflow in Icu-Project International Components For Unicode
CVE-2016-7415
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Locale class in common/locid.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) through 57.1 for C/C++ allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long locale string.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.058 (92.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.058 · newest: 0.058 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugs.php.net/bug.php (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/10 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-58 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-19 (Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93022 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-7415?
- CVE-2016-7415 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Icu-Project International Components For Unicode, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-09-17.
- How severe is CVE-2016-7415?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-7415 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.