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.
Published: 2012-06-21
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 24.1% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2397-1 icu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-4523 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1348-1 ICU vulnerability
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Icu-project International Components For Unicode
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:09:19.311Z

Reserved: 2011-11-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-4599

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-06-21T15:55:11.067

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-4599

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2011-12-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-4599 - Bugzilla

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