CVE-2014-8146 PUBLISHED

The resolveImplicitLevels function in common/ubidi.c in the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm implementation in ICU4C in International Components for Unicode (ICU) before 55.1 does not properly track directionally isolated pieces of text, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted text.

EPSS 25.81% · 96.2th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
25.81%
96.2th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTSicu0, 4.8.1.1-12ubuntu2, 4.8.1.1-13+nmu1

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