CVE-2016-7415
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7415
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7415.html
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/10
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 57.1-5 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 57.1-5 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 57.1-5 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 57.1-5 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 57.1-5 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| icu-project | international_components_for_unicode | {"endIncluding":"57.1"} | |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/10
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93022
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73007
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-58
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-19
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7415.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7415
CWEs
CWE-119
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.