Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in International Components for Unicode by Red Hat
CVE-2025-5222
Key Information:
- Status
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- CVE Published:
- 27 May 2025
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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
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Vulnerability published
Vulnerability Reserved
