CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-14952

Double Free

Published: Oct 16, 2017 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
4.5 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

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.

Weakness

The product calls free() twice on the same memory address, potentially leading to modification of unexpected memory locations.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
International_components_for_unicode Icu-project * 59.1 (including)
Icu Ubuntu artful *
Icu Ubuntu devel *
Icu Ubuntu trusty *
Icu Ubuntu xenial *
Icu Ubuntu zesty *

Potential Mitigations

References