Out-of-bounds Write Affecting icu-debuginfo package, versions <0:50.2-4.0.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.67% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-ICUDEBUGINFO-1721610
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed12 Mar 2020

Introduced: 12 Mar 2020

CVE-2020-10531  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 icu-debuginfo to version 0:50.2-4.0.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2020-1361.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream icu-debuginfo package and not the icu-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ through 66.1. An integer overflow, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, exists in the UnicodeString::doAppend() function in common/unistr.cpp.

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CVSS Base Scores

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