Buffer Overflow Affecting icu package, versions <74.2-r1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE320-ICU-10691540
  • published11 Jul 2025
  • disclosed27 May 2025

Introduced: 27 May 2025

CVE-2025-5222  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.20 icu to version 74.2-r1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream icu package and not the icu package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.20 relevant fixed versions and status.

A stack buffer overflow was found in Internationl components for unicode (ICU ). While running the genrb binary, the 'subtag' struct overflowed at the SRBRoot::addTag function. This issue may lead to memory corruption and local arbitrary code execution.

CVSS Base Scores

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