9.8

CVE-2017-14952: icu-project international_components_for_unicode Double Free

Modified
AliasesMGASA-2017-0411UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14952USN-3458-1
Published 16-10-2017Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-14952 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Double Free vulnerability in icu-project international_components_for_unicode. EPSS estimates a 5.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 9.8 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 5% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.10%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3
SUSE-SU-2018:1401-1SUSE-SU-2018:1401-2SUSE-SU-2018:1602-1

Timeline

  1. 16-10-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

5.10%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 5.10% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Mageia2 products
  • icu< 53.1-12.8.mga5
  • icu< 58.2-3.1.mga6
Debian1 product
  • icu< 57.1-7
Icu-project1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • icu< 52.1-3ubuntu0.7 | < 55.1-7ubuntu0.3

4 vendors · 5 products

References

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