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CVE-2017-14952

Double free in i18n/zonemeta.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ through...

9.8 CriticalFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

5.10%Up 3.3 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

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.

Record
CVE-2017-14952
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-415
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2017-14952
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-6428 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2017-6428
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-35gv-g55r-237w 9.8

Double free in i18n/zonemeta.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ through...

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.

Record
GHSA-35gv-g55r-237w
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-415
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 9.8

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.

Record
CVE-2017-14952
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-14952 9.8

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14952
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-14952 9.8

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14952
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2017-0411 No score

Updated icu packages fix security vulnerability

Updated icu packages fix security vulnerability:

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 (CVE-2017-14952).

Record
MGASA-2017-0411
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:1401-1 No score

Security update for icu

icu was updated to fix two security issues.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2014-8147: The resolveImplicitLevels function in common/ubidi.c in the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm implementation in ICU4C in International Components for Unicode (ICU) used an integer data type that is inconsistent with a header file, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect malloc followed by invalid free) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted text (bsc#929629).
  • CVE-2014-8146: The resolveImplicitLevels function in common/ubidi.c in the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm implementation in ICU4C in International Components for Unicode (ICU) did not properly track directionally isolated pieces of text, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted text (bsc#929629).
  • CVE-2016-6293: The uloc_acceptLanguageFromHTTP function in common/uloc.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ did not ensure that there is a '\0' character at the end of a certain temporary array, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a call with a long httpAcceptLanguage argument (bsc#990636).
  • CVE-2017-7868: International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ 2017-02-13 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the utf8TextAccess function in common/utext.cpp and the utext_moveIndex32* function (bsc#1034674)
  • CVE-2017-7867: International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ 2017-02-13 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the utf8TextAccess function in common/utext.cpp and the utext_setNativeIndex* function (bsc#1034678)
  • CVE-2017-14952: Double free in i18n/zonemeta.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string, aka a 'redundant UVector entry clean up function call' issue (bnc#1067203)
  • CVE-2017-17484: The ucnv_UTF8FromUTF8 function in ucnv_u8.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ mishandled ucnv_convertEx calls for UTF-8 to UTF-8 conversion, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted string, as demonstrated by ZNC (bnc#1072193)
  • CVE-2017-15422: An integer overflow in icu during persian calendar date processing could lead to incorrect years shown (bnc#1077999)
Record
SUSE-SU-2018:1401-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:1401-2 No score

Security update for icu

icu was updated to fix two security issues.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2014-8147: The resolveImplicitLevels function in common/ubidi.c in the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm implementation in ICU4C in International Components for Unicode (ICU) used an integer data type that is inconsistent with a header file, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect malloc followed by invalid free) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted text (bsc#929629).
  • CVE-2014-8146: The resolveImplicitLevels function in common/ubidi.c in the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm implementation in ICU4C in International Components for Unicode (ICU) did not properly track directionally isolated pieces of text, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted text (bsc#929629).
  • CVE-2016-6293: The uloc_acceptLanguageFromHTTP function in common/uloc.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ did not ensure that there is a '\0' character at the end of a certain temporary array, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a call with a long httpAcceptLanguage argument (bsc#990636).
  • CVE-2017-7868: International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ 2017-02-13 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the utf8TextAccess function in common/utext.cpp and the utext_moveIndex32* function (bsc#1034674)
  • CVE-2017-7867: International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ 2017-02-13 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the utf8TextAccess function in common/utext.cpp and the utext_setNativeIndex* function (bsc#1034678)
  • CVE-2017-14952: Double free in i18n/zonemeta.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string, aka a 'redundant UVector entry clean up function call' issue (bnc#1067203)
  • CVE-2017-17484: The ucnv_UTF8FromUTF8 function in ucnv_u8.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ mishandled ucnv_convertEx calls for UTF-8 to UTF-8 conversion, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted string, as demonstrated by ZNC (bnc#1072193)
  • CVE-2017-15422: An integer overflow in icu during persian calendar date processing could lead to incorrect years shown (bnc#1077999)
Record
SUSE-SU-2018:1401-2
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2018:1602-1 No score

Security update for icu

This update for icu fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2016-6293: The uloc_acceptLanguageFromHTTP function in common/uloc.cpp did not ensure that there is a '\0' character at the end of a certain temporary array, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a call with a long httpAcceptLanguage argument. (bsc#990636)
  • CVE-2017-7868: ICU had an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the utf8TextAccess function in common/utext.cpp and the utext_moveIndex32* function. (bsc#1034674)
  • CVE-2017-7867: ICU had an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the utf8TextAccess function in common/utext.cpp and the utext_setNativeIndex* function. (bsc#1034678)
  • CVE-2017-14952: Double free in i18n/zonemeta.cpp allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string, aka a 'redundant UVector entry clean up function call' issue. (bsc#1067203)
  • CVE-2017-17484:The ucnv_UTF8FromUTF8 function in ucnv_u8.cpp mishandled ucnv_convertEx calls for UTF-8 to UTF-8 conversion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted string, as demonstrated by ZNC. (bsc#1072193)
  • CVE-2017-15422: An integer overflow in persian calendar calculation was fixed, which could show wrong years. (bsc#1077999)
Record
SUSE-SU-2018:1602-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3458-1 No score

icu vulnerability

It was discovered that ICU incorrectly handled certain inputs. If an application using ICU processed crafted data, a remote attacker could possibly cause it to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.

Record
USN-3458-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
icu
Debian:12
before 57.1-7
57.1-7
icu
Debian:13
before 57.1-7
57.1-7
icu
Debian:14
before 57.1-7
57.1-7
icu
Mageia:5
before 53.1-12.8.mga5
53.1-12.8.mga5
icu
Mageia:6
before 58.2-3.1.mga6
58.2-3.1.mga6
icu
SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 52.1-8.7.1
52.1-8.7.1
icu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 52.1-8.7.1
52.1-8.7.1
icu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 52.1-8.7.1
52.1-8.7.1
icu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 52.1-8.7.1
52.1-8.7.1
icu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 52.1-8.7.1
52.1-8.7.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
icu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 52.1-8.7.1
52.1-8.7.1
icu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 52.1-8.7.1
52.1-8.7.1
icu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 52.1-8.7.1
52.1-8.7.1
icu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 52.1-8.7.1
52.1-8.7.1
icu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 52.1-8.7.1
52.1-8.7.1
icu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 52.1-8.7.1
52.1-8.7.1
icu
SUSE:Enterprise Storage 4
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 52.1-8.7.1
52.1-8.7.1
icu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL
From an advisory covering 8 CVEs
before 52.1-8.7.1
52.1-8.7.1
icu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 4.0-47.6.1
4.0-47.6.1
icu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 4.0-47.6.1
4.0-47.6.1
icu
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 4.0-47.6.1
4.0-47.6.1
icu
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 52.1-3ubuntu0.7, plus listed versions
4.8.1.1-12ubuntu24.8.1.1-13+nmu14.8.1.1-13+nmu1ubuntu152.1-352.1-3ubuntu0.2
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52.1-3ubuntu0.352.1-3ubuntu0.452.1-3ubuntu0.552.1-3ubuntu0.6
52.1-3ubuntu0.7
icu
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 55.1-7ubuntu0.3, plus listed versions
55.1-4ubuntu155.1-6ubuntu155.1-755.1-7ubuntu0.155.1-7ubuntu0.2
55.1-7ubuntu0.3

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-14952 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Icu-project International Components For Unicode, published October 16, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.10%, the 92nd percentile. Fixed in icu 57.1-7.

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