Buffer overflow in Icu-Project International Components For Unicode
CVE-2017-7867
International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ before 2017-02-13 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the utf8TextAccess function in common/utext.cpp and the utext_setNativeIndex* function.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.046 (91.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.046 · newest: 0.046 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Icu-Project International Components For Unicode
- Debian Linux — versions 8.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- bugs.icu-project.org/trac/changeset/39671 (Patch)
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3830 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail (Third Party Advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-03 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97672 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-7867?
- CVE-2017-7867 is a high-severity vulnerability in Icu-Project International Components For Unicode, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-14.
- How severe is CVE-2017-7867?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-7867 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.