Description
The uloc_acceptLanguageFromHTTP function in common/uloc.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) through 57.1 for C/C++ does not ensure that there is a '\0' character at the end of a certain temporary array, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a call with a long httpAcceptLanguage argument.
Published: 2016-07-25
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 3.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-615-1 icu security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3725-1 icu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-7223 The uloc_acceptLanguageFromHTTP function in common/uloc.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) through 57.1 for C/C++ does not ensure that there is a '\0' character at the end of a certain temporary array, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a call with a long httpAcceptLanguage argument.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3227-1 ICU vulnerabilities
History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00697}

epss

{'score': 0.01066}


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Icu-project International Components For Unicode
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:22:20.885Z

Reserved: 2016-07-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-6293

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-07-25T14:59:06.497

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-6293

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-07-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-6293 - Bugzilla

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