CVE-2014-9911

critical
Published 2017-01-04 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ures_getByKeyWithFallback function in common/uresbund.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) before 54.1 for C/C++ allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted uloc_getDisplayName call.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9911

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1383569

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=67397

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/changeset/35699

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9911.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed55.1-3
debian debianbullseyefixed55.1-3
debian debianforkyfixed55.1-3
debian debiansidfixed55.1-3
debian debiantrixiefixed55.1-3

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
icu-projectinternational_components_for_unicode{"endExcluding":"54.1"}54.1

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.