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CVE-2016-7415

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7415 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the Locale class of International Components for Unicode (ICU) through version 57.1 for C/C++. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) or potentially achieve further unspecified impact by supplying an overly long locale string. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is considered critical due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 57.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:icu-project:international_components_for_unicode:*:*:*:*:*:c\/c\+\+:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.80%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0580 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Directory Server 8Fixed in: icu
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: icu
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: icu
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: icu
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: icu

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-7415Moderate

icu: Stack based buffer overflow in locid.cpp

Sep 3, 2016

References

bugs.php.net / bug.php
ExploitThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-58
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
tenable.com / security/tns-2016-19
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/09/15/10
Mailing ListRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93022
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry