FKIE_CVE-2011-4599
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-06-21 15:55 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:35
Severity
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the _canonicalize function in common/uloc.c in International Components for Unicode (ICU) before 49.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted locale ID that is not properly handled during variant canonicalization.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| icu-project | international_components_for_unicode | * |
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"lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:35:07.090",
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