Integer overflow in icu - CVE-2018-18928
Published: May 2, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU75645
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18928
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ICU - International Components for Unicode
Affected software:
icu
icu
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in number::impl::DecimalQuantity::toScientificString() function in i18n/number_decimalquantity.cpp. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-18928
Install updates from vendor's website.