CVE-2011-4599

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-4599
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-06-21 15:55:11 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in the _canonicalize function in common/uloc.c in International Components for Unicode (ICU) before 49.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted locale ID that is not properly handled during variant canonicalization.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Icu-project International Components For Unicode All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com VDB Entry
USN-1348-1: ICU vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required
#8984 (out of bounds access in _canonicalize) – Unicode ICU trac af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.icu-project.org Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:194 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
International Components for Unicode '_canonicalize( )' Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
About the security content of OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.2, OS X Lion v10.7.5 and Security Update 2012-004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
www.osvdb.org/77698 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Broken Link
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required
About the security content of iOS 6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE Request: icu out of bounds access af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: icu out of bounds access af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Mailing List
openSUSE-SU-2012:0100-1: moderate: icu (CVE-2011-4599, CVE-2010-4409) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Permissions Required
APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-1 iOS 6 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
106441 - chromium - An open-source project to help move the web forward. - Monorail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 code.google.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2397-1 icu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-2 OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.2, OS X Lion v10.7.5 and Security Update 2012-004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2011-4599 MITRE access.redhat.com
Bug 765812 – CVE-2011-4599 icu: Stack-based buffer overflow by canonicalizing the given localeID MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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