ICU: Invalid character sequences omission during conversion of some character encodings (XSS attack possible)
Published Jun 2, 2008
4.3
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.19%
Description
The International Components for Unicode (ICU) library in Apple Mac OS X before 10.5.3, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, and other operating systems omits some invalid character sequences during conversion of some character encodings, which might allow remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
Affected products
No data.
- 10.4.11
- 10.5
- 10.5.1
- 10.5.2
- 10.4.11
- 10.5
- 10.5.1
- 10.5.2
- 5
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
icu-0:3.6-5.11.2
Fixed · RHSA-2009:0296
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | icu-0:3.6-5.11.2 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:0296 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.19% (0.03192) | 87.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.19% (0.03192) | 86.40th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.31% (0.02315) | 83.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.82% (0.03822) | 79.98th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.81% (0.01814) | 81.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 5.56% (0.05563) | 93.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.64% (0.01637) | 88.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 15, 2024 | 0.70% (0.00705) | 80.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.58% (0.00582) | 77.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 10, 2023 | 0.58% (0.00582) | 74.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.49% (0.00492) | 72.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 84.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 83.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 66.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (19)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//May/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30430 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34290 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34777 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020139 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0064 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1762 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0296.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29412 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29488 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-747-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-150A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTPatchUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1697 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1036 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=464168 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42717 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1036
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10824 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1036
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