CVE-2018-18928

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-18928  

International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ 63.1 has an integer overflow in number::impl::DecimalQuantity::toScientificString() in i18n/number_decimalquantity.cpp.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ 63.1 has an integer overflow in number::impl::DecimalQuantity::toScientificString() in i18n/number_decimalquantity.cpp.

Find out more about CVE-2018-18928 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of icu as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7 as they did not include the vulnerable class.

This issue did not affect the versions of java-1.6.0-openjdk, java-1.7.0-openjdk and java-1.8.0-openjdk as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7 as they did not include the vulnerable class.

This issue did not affect the versions of webkitgtk4 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 as they did not include the vulnerable class.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 4.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact None

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Virtualization 4 icu Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 webkitgtk4 Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 java-1.8.0-openjdk Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 icu Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 java-1.6.0-openjdk Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 java-1.7.0-openjdk Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 java-1.6.0-openjdk Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 java-1.7.0-openjdk Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 icu Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 java-1.8.0-openjdk Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 java-1.7.0-openjdk Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 icu Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 java-1.6.0-openjdk Not affected