CVE-2017-14952

critical
Published 2017-10-16 · Modified 2026-05-13
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

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.

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-2017-14952

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14952.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/changeset/40324/trunk/icu4c/source/i18n/zonemeta.cpp

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201711-25

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201711-26

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed60.1-1
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed57.1-7
debian debianbullseyefixed57.1-7
debian debianforkyfixed57.1-7
debian debiansidfixed57.1-7
debian debiantrixiefixed57.1-7

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
icu-projectinternational_components_for_unicode{"endIncluding":"59.1"}

References

CWEs

CWE-415

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