Risk | High |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2020-10531 |
CWE-ID | CWE-190 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
icu Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products |
Vendor | ICU - International Components for Unicode |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerabilities.
Updated: 23.04.2020
Changed bulletin status to patched.
EUVDB-ID: #VU26149
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 7.3 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-10531
CWE-ID:
CWE-190 - Integer overflow
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in UnicodeString::doAppend() function in common/unistr.cpp. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted string to the application that is using the vulnerable library, trigger integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
MitigationInstall update from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsicu: 1.2.4 - 66.1
External linkshttp://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0738
http://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1044570
http://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2020/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.html
http://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/deps/icu/+/9f4020916eb1f28f3666f018fdcbe6c9a37f0e08
http://github.com/unicode-org/icu/commit/b7d08bc04a4296982fcef8b6b8a354a9e4e7afca
http://github.com/unicode-org/icu/pull/971
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-15
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.