UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7415

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 1
Upstream
CVE-2016-7415
Downstream
USN-3227-1
Published: 17 Sept 2016, 00:00
Last modified:22 Apr 2026, 10:56

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.8 CRITICAL
3.0 (osv_ubuntu)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

17 Sept 2016, 00:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
22 Apr 2026, 10:56
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Locale class in common/locid.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) through 57.1 for C/C++ allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long locale string.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•CRITICAL•Score: 9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • ubuntu•icu

    < 52.1-3ubuntu0.5 | < 55.1-7ubuntu0.1

References (5)