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CVE-2014-9911 (GCVE-0-2014-9911)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-04 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 14:02
VLAI
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the ures_getByKeyWithFallback function in common/uresbund.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) before 54.1 for C/C++ allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted uloc_getDisplayName call.
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
Assigner
References
Date Public
2014-06-08 00:00
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