CVE-2011-4599

Description

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 6.09% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory icu-project.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-4599?
CVE-2011-4599 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-4599?
To fix CVE-2011-4599, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-4599 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2011-4599 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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