CVE-2017-15422: canonical ubuntu_linux Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-15422 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 28-08-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 14-10-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Integer overflow in international date handling in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ before 60.1, as used in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 and other products, allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.

• CWE-190Integer Overflow or WraparoundThe product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This occurs when an integer value is incremented to a value that is too large to store in the associated representation. When this occurs, the value may become a very small or negative number.