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CVE-2016-6293
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-07-25T14:59:06.497 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:50:45.970

Summary

The uloc_acceptLanguageFromHTTP function in common/uloc.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) through 57.1 for C/C++ does not ensure that there is a '\0' character at the end of a certain temporary array, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a call with a long httpAcceptLanguage argument.

Affected products

icu-project — international_components_for_unicode

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