CVE-2014-9654

icu: insufficient size limit checks in regular expression compiler

Published Apr 24, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 2.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Regular Expressions package in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ before 2014-12-03, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, calculates certain values without ensuring that they can be represented in a 24-bit field, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted string, a related issue to CVE-2014-7923.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-219-1 icu security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3187-1 icu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-9464 The Regular Expressions package in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ before 2014-12-03, as used in Google Chrome before 40.0.2214.91, calculates certain values without ensuring that they can be represented in a 24-bit field, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted string, a related issue to CVE-2014-7923.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2522-1 ICU vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.02631}

epss

{'score': 0.01671}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 1:47 PM
Reserved
Feb 5, 2015, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 24, 2017, 6:59 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:18 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jan 21, 2015, 12:00 AM