ubuntu-cve-2025-5222
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-05-27 21:15
Modified
2026-05-20 15:15
Summary
Details

A stack buffer overflow was found in Internationl components for unicode (ICU ). While running the genrb binary, the 'subtag' struct overflowed at the SRBRoot::addTag function. This issue may lead to memory corruption and local arbitrary code execution.


{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "icu-devtools",
            "binary_version": "52.1-3ubuntu0.8+esm2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libicu52",
            "binary_version": "52.1-3ubuntu0.8+esm2"
          }
        ],
        "priority_reason": "DoS in a command line tool only"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "icu",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/icu@52.1-3ubuntu0.8+esm2?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "4.8.1.1-12ubuntu2",
        "4.8.1.1-13+nmu1",
        "4.8.1.1-13+nmu1ubuntu1",
        "52.1-3",
        "52.1-3ubuntu0.2",
        "52.1-3ubuntu0.3",
        "52.1-3ubuntu0.4",
        "52.1-3ubuntu0.5",
        "52.1-3ubuntu0.6",
        "52.1-3ubuntu0.7",
        "52.1-3ubuntu0.8",
        "52.1-3ubuntu0.8+esm1",
        "52.1-3ubuntu0.8+esm2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "icu-devtools",
            "binary_version": "55.1-7ubuntu0.5+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libicu55",
            "binary_version": "55.1-7ubuntu0.5+esm1"
          }
        ],
        "priority_reason": "DoS in a command line tool only"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "icu",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/icu@55.1-7ubuntu0.5+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-infra/xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "55.1-4ubuntu1",
        "55.1-6ubuntu1",
        "55.1-7",
        "55.1-7ubuntu0.1",
        "55.1-7ubuntu0.2",
        "55.1-7ubuntu0.3",
        "55.1-7ubuntu0.4",
        "55.1-7ubuntu0.5",
        "55.1-7ubuntu0.5+esm1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "icu-devtools",
            "binary_version": "60.2-3ubuntu3.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libicu60",
            "binary_version": "60.2-3ubuntu3.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libiculx60",
            "binary_version": "60.2-3ubuntu3.2"
          }
        ],
        "priority_reason": "DoS in a command line tool only"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "icu",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/icu@60.2-3ubuntu3.2?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "57.1-6",
        "59.1-3ubuntu1",
        "60.1-1ubuntu2",
        "60.2-1ubuntu1",
        "60.2-3ubuntu1",
        "60.2-3ubuntu3",
        "60.2-3ubuntu3.1",
        "60.2-3ubuntu3.2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "icu-devtools",
            "binary_version": "66.1-2ubuntu2.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libicu66",
            "binary_version": "66.1-2ubuntu2.1"
          }
        ],
        "priority_reason": "DoS in a command line tool only"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "icu",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/icu@66.1-2ubuntu2.1?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "63.2-2",
        "65.1-1ubuntu2",
        "66.1-2ubuntu2",
        "66.1-2ubuntu2.1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "icu-devtools",
            "binary_version": "70.1-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libicu70",
            "binary_version": "70.1-2"
          }
        ],
        "priority_reason": "DoS in a command line tool only"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
        "name": "icu",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/icu@70.1-2?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "67.1-7ubuntu1",
        "70.1-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "icu-devtools",
            "binary_version": "74.2-1ubuntu3.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libicu74",
            "binary_version": "74.2-1ubuntu3.1"
          }
        ],
        "priority_reason": "DoS in a command line tool only"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:24.04:LTS",
        "name": "icu",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/icu@74.2-1ubuntu3.1?arch=source\u0026distro=noble"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "72.1-3ubuntu3",
        "72.1-4ubuntu1",
        "74.2-1ubuntu1",
        "74.2-1ubuntu3",
        "74.2-1ubuntu3.1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "icu-devtools",
            "binary_version": "76.1-4ubuntu2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libicu76",
            "binary_version": "76.1-4ubuntu2"
          }
        ],
        "priority_reason": "DoS in a command line tool only"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10",
        "name": "icu",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/icu@76.1-4ubuntu2?arch=source\u0026distro=questing"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "76.1-1ubuntu2",
        "76.1-4ubuntu1",
        "76.1-4ubuntu2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "icu-devtools",
            "binary_version": "78.2-2ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libicu78",
            "binary_version": "78.2-2ubuntu1"
          }
        ],
        "priority_reason": "DoS in a command line tool only"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS",
        "name": "icu",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/icu@78.2-2ubuntu1?arch=source\u0026distro=resolute"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "76.1-4ubuntu2",
        "78.1-1ubuntu1",
        "78.1-2ubuntu2",
        "78.2-1ubuntu1",
        "78.2-2ubuntu1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "A stack buffer overflow was found in Internationl components for unicode (ICU ). While running the genrb binary, the \u0027subtag\u0027 struct overflowed at the SRBRoot::addTag function. This issue may lead to memory corruption and local arbitrary code execution.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5222",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T15:15:57Z",
  "published": "2025-05-27T21:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-5222"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5222"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2025-5222"
  ]
}



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