CVE-2011-4599
N/A
Published: June 21, 2012 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:35 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorInternational Components for Unicode
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 8%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 49.1
Affected range stops below 49.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/8984
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-01/msg00035.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1815.html
References (21)
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/8984x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=106441Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-01/msg00035.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1815.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPermissions Required
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/47146Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPermissions Required
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/47227Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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