Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in International Components for Unicode by Red Hat
CVE-2025-5222

7HIGH

Key Information:

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๐Ÿ‘พ Exploit Exists๐ŸŸก Public PoC

What is CVE-2025-5222?

A stack buffer overflow has been identified in the International Components for Unicode (ICU) library. Specifically, this vulnerability is triggered during the execution of the genrb binary, where an overflow occurs within the 'subtag' structure at the SRBRoot::addTag function. If exploited, this vulnerability could result in memory corruption and enable local attackers to execute arbitrary code on the affected system.

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Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

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References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • ๐ŸŸก

    Public PoC available

  • ๐Ÿ‘พ

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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