CVE-2017-14952

Publication date 16 October 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
icu 17.10 artful
Fixed 57.1-6ubuntu0.2
17.04 zesty
Fixed 57.1-5ubuntu0.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 55.1-7ubuntu0.3
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 52.1-3ubuntu0.7

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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