icu: Heap-buffer overflow in utext_setNativeIndex function
Published Apr 14, 2017
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 4.63%
Description
International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ before 2017-02-13 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the utf8TextAccess function in common/utext.cpp and the utext_setNativeIndex* function.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 58.2
Configuration 2
- 8.0
No data.
Red Hat Directory Server 8
icu
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
icu
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
icu
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
icu
Will not fix
Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2
icu
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Directory Server 8 | icu | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | icu | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | icu | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | icu | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | icu | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.63% (0.04630) | 91.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.63% (0.04630) | 90.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Nov 21, 2025 | 0.97% (0.00972) | 75.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Nov 18, 2025 | 2.90% (0.02903) | 85.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.98% (0.00976) | 75.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.77% (0.02774) | 90.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 18, 2024 | 1.21% (0.01206) | 85.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01206) | 83.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 55.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 53.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 51.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.11% (0.01108) | 29.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 32.67th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 31.96th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 71.88th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.45% (0.01454) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (10)
- http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/changeset/39671 x_refsource_MISCPatch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3830 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97672 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7867 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=213 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1444097 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7867
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-03 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7867
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html x_refsource_MISC
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/changeset/39671 | x_refsource_MISCPatch | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3830 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97672 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7867 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=213 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1444097 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7867 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-03 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7867 | ||
| https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html | x_refsource_MISC |
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