CVE-2017-15396: debian debian_linux

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-15396 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 28-08-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 05-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A stack buffer overflow in NumberingSystem in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ before 60.2, as used in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.75 and other products, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

• 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.