Vulnerability CVE-2016-6293
Published: 2016-07-25

Description:
The uloc_acceptLanguageFromHTTP function in common/uloc.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) through 57.1 for C/C++ does not ensure that there is a '\0' character at the end of a certain temporary array, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a call with a long httpAcceptLanguage argument.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Icu project -> International components for unicode 
Icu-project -> International components for unicode 

 References:
http://git.php.net/?p=php-src.git;a=commit;h=aa82e99ed8003c01f1ef4f0940e56b85c5b032d4
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/24/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92127
https://bugs.php.net/72533
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-58
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
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