CVE-2017-7868

Name: CVE-2017-7868
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2017-04-14T04:59:00.697+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

UnknownEPSS 4.45%

Last modified Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-7868 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ before 2017-02-13 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the utf8TextAccess function in common/utext.cpp and the utext_moveIndex32* function.. EPSS estimates a 4.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ before 2017-02-13 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the utf8TextAccess function in common/utext.cpp and the utext_moveIndex32* function.

Metrics

EPSS Probability

4.45%

90.2th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Icu-Project	International Components For Unicode	<= 58.2
Debian	Debian Linux	8.0

References

http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/changeset/39671Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3830Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97674Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=437Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-03Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/changeset/39671Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3830Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97674Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=437Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-03Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html

Timeline

Published: Apr 14, 2017
Last Modified: Jun 17, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2017-7868?

How severe is CVE-2017-7868?

Severity scoring for CVE-2017-7868 is pending analysis. The EPSS model estimates a 4.45% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-7868?

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Source: NVD / NIST