7.5
CVSSv2

CVE-2017-17484

Published: 10/12/2017 Updated: 23/04/2019
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10
CVSS v3 Base Score: 9.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 668
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

The ucnv_UTF8FromUTF8 function in ucnv_u8.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ up to and including 60.1 mishandles ucnv_convertEx calls for UTF-8 to UTF-8 conversion, which allows remote malicious users 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.

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Vendor Advisories

The ucnv_UTF8FromUTF8 function in ucnv_u8cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ through 601 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 strin ...