CVE-2014-9911: icu-project international_components_for_unicode
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2014-9911 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in icu-project international_components_for_unicode. EPSS estimates a 5.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 9.8 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 6% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 1Timeline
- 04-01-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
5.56%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
93%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 5.56% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Suse3 products
- icu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4< 4.0-47.3.2 | < 4.0-43.1
- icu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4< 4.0-47.3.2 | < 4.0-43.1
- icu&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4< 4.0-47.3.2 | < 4.0-43.1
Ubuntu3 products
- androidAll versions (No fix recorded)
- icu< 52.1-3ubuntu0.5
- mozjs24All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
- icu< 55.1-3
Icu-project1 product
4 vendors · 8 products
References
18 links- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1383569X Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/25/1Mailing ListX Refsource MLISTThird Party AdvisoryREPORT
