7.5
HIGH
CVE-2011-4599
ICU Canonicalization Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the _canonicalize function in common/uloc.c in International Components for Unicode (ICU) before 49.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted locale ID that is not properly handled during variant canonicalization.

INFO

Published Date :

June 21, 2012, 3:55 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:32 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2011-4599 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-2011-4599.

URL Resource
http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/8984 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=106441 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-01/msg00035.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1815.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47146 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/47227 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/47674 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/47714 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/47775 Permissions Required
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501 Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503 Third Party Advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1348-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2397 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:194 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/09/2 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/09/5 Mailing List
http://www.osvdb.org/77698 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51006 Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71726 VDB Entry
http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/8984 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=106441 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-01/msg00035.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1815.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47146 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/47227 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/47674 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/47714 Permissions Required
http://secunia.com/advisories/47775 Permissions Required
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501 Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503 Third Party Advisory
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1348-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2397 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:194 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/09/2 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/09/5 Mailing List
http://www.osvdb.org/77698 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51006 Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71726 VDB Entry

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

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/8984
    Added Reference http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=106441
    Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
    Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-01/msg00035.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1815.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/47146
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/47227
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/47674
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/47714
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/47775
    Added Reference http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501
    Added Reference http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503
    Added Reference http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1348-1
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2397
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:194
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/09/2
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/09/5
    Added Reference http://www.osvdb.org/77698
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51006
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71726
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Feb. 13, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description CVE-2011-4599 icu: Stack-based buffer overflow by canonicalizing the given localeID Stack-based buffer overflow in the _canonicalize function in common/uloc.c in International Components for Unicode (ICU) before 49.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted locale ID that is not properly handled during variant canonicalization.
    Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1815 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4599 [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=765812 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description Stack-based buffer overflow in the _canonicalize function in common/uloc.c in International Components for Unicode (ICU) before 49.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted locale ID that is not properly handled during variant canonicalization. CVE-2011-4599 icu: Stack-based buffer overflow by canonicalizing the given localeID
    Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4599 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=765812 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1815 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 24, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71726 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71726 VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1348-1 No Types Assigned http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1348-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2397 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2397 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51006 Patch http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51006 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/8984 Patch http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/8984 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1815.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1815.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/47775 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/47775 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503 No Types Assigned http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html No Types Assigned http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:194 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:194 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.osvdb.org/77698 No Types Assigned http://www.osvdb.org/77698 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/47146 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/47146 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/47674 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/47674 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=106441 No Types Assigned http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=106441 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501 No Types Assigned http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html No Types Assigned http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/09/2 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/09/2 Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/47714 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/47714 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/09/5 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/12/09/5 Mailing List
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-01/msg00035.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-01/msg00035.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/47227 Vendor Advisory http://secunia.com/advisories/47227 Permissions Required
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:icu_project:international_components_for_unicode:3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:icu_project:international_components_for_unicode:3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:icu_project:international_components_for_unicode:4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:icu_project:international_components_for_unicode:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 49 OR *cpe:2.3:a:icu-project:international_components_for_unicode:*:*:*:*:*:c\/c\+\+:*:* versions up to (excluding) 49.1
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/71726 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71726 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 22, 2012

    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.
Exploit Prediction

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

31.67 }} 2.67%

score

0.97011

percentile

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