9.3
CRITICAL
CVE-2007-4771
Apache International Components for Unicode (ICU) Buffer Overflow
Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the doInterval function in regexcmp.cpp in libicu in International Components for Unicode (ICU) 3.8.1 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) and possibly have unspecified other impact via a regular expression that writes a large amount of data to the backtracking stack. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 29, 2008, midnight

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:36 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2007-4771 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Icu-project international_components_for_unicode
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2007-4771.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0090.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28575 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/28615 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/28669 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/28783 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/29194 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/29242 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/29291 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/29294 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/29333 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/29852 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/29910 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/29987 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/30179 Permissions Required
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-20.xml Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-16.xml Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019269 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=d03a2ffb0801221538x68825e42xb4a4aaf0fcccecbd%40mail.gmail.com Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-231641-1 Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-233922-1 Broken Link
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0043 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1511 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:026 Broken Link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_23_openoffice.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2007-4770.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2007-5745.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487677/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27455 Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-591-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0282 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0807/references Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1375/references Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429025 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39936 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2199 Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10507 Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5431 Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00896.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00921.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0090.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28575 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/28615 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/28669 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/28783 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/29194 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/29242 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/29291 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/29294 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/29333 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/29852 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/29910 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/29987 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/30179 Permissions Required
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-20.xml Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-16.xml Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019269 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=d03a2ffb0801221538x68825e42xb4a4aaf0fcccecbd%40mail.gmail.com Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-231641-1 Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-233922-1 Broken Link
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0043 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1511 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:026 Broken Link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_23_openoffice.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2007-4770.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2007-5745.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487677/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27455 Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-591-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0282 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0807/references Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1375/references Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429025 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39936 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2199 Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10507 Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5431 Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00896.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00921.html Third Party Advisory

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0090.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28575
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28615
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28669
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/28783
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29194
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29242
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29291
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29294
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29333
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29852
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29910
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/29987
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/30179
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-20.xml
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-16.xml
    Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1019269
    Added Reference http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=d03a2ffb0801221538x68825e42xb4a4aaf0fcccecbd%40mail.gmail.com
    Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-231641-1
    Added Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-233922-1
    Added Reference http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0043
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1511
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:026
    Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_23_openoffice.html
    Added Reference http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2007-4770.html
    Added Reference http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2007-5745.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487677/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27455
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-591-1
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0282
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0807/references
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1375/references
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429025
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39936
    Added Reference https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2199
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10507
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5431
    Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00896.html
    Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00921.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 15, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/487677/100/0/threaded [Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487677/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 24, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/29242 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/29242 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-231641-1 No Types Assigned http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-231641-1 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-20.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-20.xml Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0807/references No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0807/references Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/id?1019269 No Types Assigned http://securitytracker.com/id?1019269 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/487677/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/487677/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/30179 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/30179 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2199 No Types Assigned https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2199 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0043 No Types Assigned http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0043 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00921.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00921.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0282 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0282 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5431 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5431 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429025 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429025 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/29910 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/29910 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00896.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00896.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/28669 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/28669 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/28783 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/28783 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/29333 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/29333 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/29852 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/29852 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39936 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39936 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2007-5745.html No Types Assigned http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2007-5745.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0090.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0090.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/29194 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/29194 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/29294 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/29294 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27455 Patch http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27455 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/29291 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/29291 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:026 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:026 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2007-4770.html No Types Assigned http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2007-4770.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_23_openoffice.html No Types Assigned http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2008_23_openoffice.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=d03a2ffb0801221538x68825e42xb4a4aaf0fcccecbd%40mail.gmail.com Patch http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_name=d03a2ffb0801221538x68825e42xb4a4aaf0fcccecbd%40mail.gmail.com Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1511 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1511 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10507 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10507 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/28615 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/28615 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-591-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-591-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/29987 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/29987 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-16.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-16.xml Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-233922-1 No Types Assigned http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-233922-1 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1375/references No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1375/references Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/28575 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/28575 Permissions Required
    Changed CPE Configuration AND OR cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2008.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:2008.0:*:x86-64:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:client:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:client_workstation:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:*:server:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:icu_project:international_components_for_unicode:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 3.8.1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:icu-project:international_components_for_unicode:*:*:*:*:*:c\/c\+\+:*:* versions up to (including) 3.8.1
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10507 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5431 [Tool Signature, US Government Resource]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5431 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10507 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/39936 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39936 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 29, 2008

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2007-4771 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2007-4771 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.66 }} 0.79%

score

0.87258

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability