DEBIAN-CVE-2007-4770
Record from OSV · Published January 29, 2008
libicu in International Components for Unicode (ICU) 3.8.1 and earlier attempts to process backreferences to the nonexistent capture group zero (aka \0), which might allow context-dependent attackers to read from, or write to, out-of-bounds memory locations, related to corruption of REStackFrames.
Fixed versions
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| Package | Ecosystem | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| icu | Debian:14 | 3.8-6 |
| icu | Debian:12 | 3.8-6 |
| icu | Debian:13 | 3.8-6 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:14 | icu | 0 |
| Debian:12 | icu | 0 |
| Debian:13 | icu | 0 |
Timeline
- Jan 29, 2008 CVE Published
- Oct 21, 2026 CVE Updated
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