Buffer Overflow Affecting icu package, versions <76.1-4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-ICU-10254389
  • published28 May 2025
  • disclosed27 May 2025

Introduced: 27 May 2025

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable icu to version 76.1-4 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 Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable 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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