A stack buffer overflow was found in Internationl components for unicode (ICU ). While running the genrb binary, the 'subtag' struct overflowed at the SRBRoot::addTag function. This issue may lead to memory corruption and local arbitrary code execution.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4217-1 icu security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5951-1 icu security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-16306 A stack buffer overflow was found in Internationl components for unicode (ICU ). While running the genrb binary, the 'subtag' struct overflowed at the SRBRoot::addTag function. This issue may lead to memory corruption and local arbitrary code execution.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

History

Fri, 08 Aug 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Unicode
Unicode international Components For Unicode
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:unicode:international_components_for_unicode:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Unicode
Unicode international Components For Unicode

Thu, 31 Jul 2025 05:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4::appstream
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0::baseos
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4::baseos
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Eus
References

Thu, 31 Jul 2025 05:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel E4s
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel E4s
References

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
References

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 12:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0
References

Sun, 15 Jun 2025 23:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References

Wed, 28 May 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 27 May 2025 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description No description is available for this CVE. A stack buffer overflow was found in Internationl components for unicode (ICU ). While running the genrb binary, the 'subtag' struct overflowed at the SRBRoot::addTag function. This issue may lead to memory corruption and local arbitrary code execution.
Title icu: Stack buffer overflow in the SRBRoot::addTag function Icu: stack buffer overflow in the srbroot::addtag function
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
References

Tue, 27 May 2025 06:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description No description is available for this CVE.
Title icu: Stack buffer overflow in the SRBRoot::addTag function
Weaknesses CWE-120
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2025-07-31T04:59:35.421Z

Reserved: 2025-05-26T14:41:58.427Z

Link: CVE-2025-5222

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-06-15T23:02:56.243Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-05-27T21:15:23.030

Modified: 2025-08-08T14:55:36.747

Link: CVE-2025-5222

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-11-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-5222 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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