CVE-2016-7415
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Locale class in common/locid.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) through 57.1 for C/C++ allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.80%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Locale class in common/locid.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) through 57.1 for C/C++ allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long locale string.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.80% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- icu-project/international components for unicode
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.8% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/10Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93022Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73007Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-58Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-19Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/10Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93022Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=73007Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-58Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-19Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.