CVE-2011-4599: icu-project international_components_for_unicode

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-4599 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in icu-project international_components_for_unicode. EPSS estimates a 8.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 21-06-2012
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the _canonicalize function in common/uloc.c in International Components for Unicode (ICU) before 49.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted locale ID that is not properly handled during variant canonicalization.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.