SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-10531

An integer overflow, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, exists in the UnicodeString::doAppend() function in common/unistr.cpp.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 2.67%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.67%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An issue was discovered in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ through 66.1. An integer overflow, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, exists in the UnicodeString::doAppend() function in common/unistr.cpp.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
2.67% probability · 85th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-190, CWE-787
Affected
icu-project/international components for unicode · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation · google/chrome · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux · opensuse/leap · oracle/banking extensibility workbench · nodejs/node.js
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.