CVE-2017-17484 (GCVE-0-2017-17484)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-12-10 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 20:51
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Summary
The ucnv_UTF8FromUTF8 function in ucnv_u8.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ through 60.1 mishandles 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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2017-12-10 00:00
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      "product_status:recommended": "136",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2017-17484",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2017-17484.json",
      "version": "13"
    }
  }
}



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