Stack-based buffer overflow - CVE-2016-7415
Published: September 18, 2016 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33586
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7415
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing a long locale string. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Fedora
icu (Alpine package)
icu
icu (Alpine package)
icu
How to mitigate CVE-2016-7415
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
icu (Alpine package) - update to 55.1-r2
icu - addressed in versions 56.1-7.fc24, 57.1-4.fc25
icu - addressed in versions 56.1-7.fc24, 57.1-4.fc25