MGASA-2016-0186

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    MGASA-2016-0186

    Published: 20 May 2016Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-4844

    Summary: Updated icu packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that ICU Layout Engine was missing multiple boundary and error return checks. These could lead to buffer overflows and memory corruption. A specially crafted font file could cause an application using ICU to parse untrusted fonts to crash and, possibly, execute arbitrary code (CVE-2015-4844).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0186.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17577, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273318, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1298906

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: icu

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/icu?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -53.1-12.3.mga5

    Affected versions

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High