Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 10, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-17484
CVE-2017-17484
Description
The ucnv_UTF8FromUTF8 function in ucnv_u8.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ through 60.1 mishandles ucnv_convertEx calls for UTF-8 to UTF-8 conversion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted string, as demonstrated by ZNC.
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Affected products
18- cpe:2.3:a:icu-project:international_components_for_unicode:*:*:*:*:*:c\/c\+\+:*:*Range: <=60.1
- osv-coords16 versionspkg:rpm/suse/icu&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%204pkg:rpm/suse/icu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/icu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/icu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/icu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/icu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/icu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/icu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/icu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/icu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/icu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/icu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/icu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/icu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/icu&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Workstation%20Extension%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/icu&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207
< 52.1-8.7.1+ 15 more
- (no CPE)range: < 52.1-8.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.1-8.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0-47.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.1-8.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.1-8.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.1-8.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.1-8.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.1-8.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0-47.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.1-8.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.1-8.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.1-8.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 4.0-47.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.1-8.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.1-8.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 52.1-8.7.1
Patches
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References
7- ssl.icu-project.org/trac/changeset/40714nvdIssue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
- ssl.icu-project.org/trac/attachment/ticket/13490/poc.cppnvdExploitVendor Advisory
- github.com/znc/znc/issues/1459nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- ssl.icu-project.org/trac/changeset/40715nvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- ssl.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/13490nvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- ssl.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/13510nvdIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.htmlnvd
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