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TI-2007-04618 Aliases CVE-2007-4771GHSA-78gp-g683-v26p

Heap-based buffer overflow in the doInterval function in regexcmp.cpp in libicu in…

Priority MEDIUM 45CWE-399Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in the doInterval function in regexcmp.cpp in libicu in International Components for Unicode (ICU) 3.8.1 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) and possibly have unspecified other impact via a regular expression that writes a large amount of data to the backtracking stack. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02538 85th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:icu-project:international_components_for_unicode:*:*:*:*:*:c\/c\+\+:*:*up to 3.8.1VulnerableIcu-project
  • cpe:2.3:a:icu-project:international_components_for_unicode:*:*:*:*:*:c\/c\+\+:*:* Versions up to 3.8.1 Vulnerable ·Icu-project

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2008:0090 Released 2008-01-25 · Red Hat rating Important
    icu security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) icu-3.6-5.11.1, icu-3.6-5.11.1.i386, icu-3.6-5.11.1.ia64 +13
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) icu-3.6-5.11.1, icu-3.6-5.11.1.i386, libicu-3.6-5.11.1 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) icu-3.6-5.11.1, libicu-devel-3.6-5.11.1, libicu-devel-3.6-5.11.1.i386

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)Fixed RHSA-2008:0090
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2008:0090
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)Fixed RHSA-2008:0090

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-4771
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-78gp-g683-v26p

References

Advisory 23

  • TI-2014-06761 The resolveImplicitLevels function in common/ubidi.c in the Unicode Bidirectional… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2014-06762 The resolveImplicitLevels function in common/ubidi.c in the Unicode Bidirectional… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2016-06316 Stack-based buffer overflow in the Locale class in common/locid.cpp in International… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2014-08077 Stack-based buffer overflow in the ures_getByKeyWithFallback function in… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2017-10973 Double free in i18n/zonemeta.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-05387 The uloc_acceptLanguageFromHTTP function in common/uloc.cpp in International Components… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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