Use After Free Affecting libicu package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.57% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-LIBICU-1977809
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed9 Aug 2017

Introduced: 9 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-14952  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 libicu.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libicu package and not the libicu package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Double free in i18n/zonemeta.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ through 59.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string, aka a "redundant UVector entry clean up function call" issue.