UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14952

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14952

    Published: 16 Oct 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-14952

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14952, http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/changeset/40324/trunk/icu4c/source/i18n/zonemeta.cpp, http://www.sourcebrella.com/blog/double-free-vulnerability-international-components-unicode-icu/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3458-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3458-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14952

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: icu

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -52.1-3ubuntu0.7

    Affected versions

    4.8.1.1-12ubuntu2
    4.8.1.1-13+nmu1
    4.8.1.1-13+nmu1ubuntu1

    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