CVE-2011-4599

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    CVE-2011-4599

    Published: 21 Jun 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Stack-based buffer overflow in the _canonicalize function in common/uloc.c in International Components for Unicode (ICU) before 49.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted locale ID that is not properly handled during variant canonicalization.

    References: http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/8984, http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=106441, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-01/msg00035.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1815.html, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503, http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1348-1, http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2397, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:194, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51006, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71726, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/09/2, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/09/5, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51006, http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/8984, http://secunia.com/advisories/47146, http://secunia.com/advisories/47227, http://secunia.com/advisories/47674, http://secunia.com/advisories/47714, http://secunia.com/advisories/47775, http://www.osvdb.org/77698

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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