DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8147

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8147 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.300000190734863 CRITICAL

The resolveImplicitLevels function in common/ubidi.c in the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm implementation in ICU4C in International Components for Unicode (ICU) before 55.1 uses an integer data type that is inconsistent with a header file, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect malloc followed by invalid free) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted text.

Risk Scores

CVSS v4.0

9.300000190734863

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:11	icu	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	icu	0, 0, 0
Debian:12	icu	0, 0, 0
Debian:14	icu	0, 0, 0

Timeline

May 25, 2015 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8147 advisory

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