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Double Free Affecting icu package, versions <55.1-7ubuntu0.3

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    2.57% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1604-ICU-337329
  • published 16 Oct 2017
  • disclosed 16 Oct 2017
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Introduced: 16 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-14952 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-415 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 icu to version 55.1-7ubuntu0.3 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 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.