Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 16, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-14952

Description

Double free in i18n/zonemeta.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ through 59.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string, aka a "redundant UVector entry clean up function call" issue.

Affected products

Icu Project/International Components For Unicode
cpe:2.3:a:icu-project:international_components_for_unicode:*:*:*:*:*:c\/c\+\+:*:*
Range: <=59.1

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

bugs.icu-project.org/trac/changeset/40324/trunk/icu4c/source/i18n/zonemeta.cppnvdIssue TrackingPatch
www.sourcebrella.com/blog/double-free-vulnerability-international-components-unicode-icu/nvdThird Party Advisory
www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.htmlnvd

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