CVE-2016-7415

Summary

CVECVE-2016-7415
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-09-17 21:59:00 UTC
Updated2019-04-23 19:29:00 UTC
DescriptionStack-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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
PHP :: Sec Bug #73007 :: SEH buffer overflow msgfmt_format_message MISC bugs.php.net Exploit, Third Party Advisory
[R6] SecurityCenter 5.4.1 Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Security Advisory | Tenable Network Security CONFIRM www.tenable.com Third Party Advisory
ICU: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-58) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
International Components for Unicode CVE-2016-7415 Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
oss-security - Re: CVE assignment for PHP 5.6.26 and 7.0.11 MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2019 MISC www.oracle.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500256 Alpine Linux Security Update for icu
  • 504006 Alpine Linux Security Update for icu
  • 710529 Gentoo Linux ICU Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-58)
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