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CVE-2017-7868

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CVE-2017-7868 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ versions prior to 2017-02-13, specifically impacting Debian and ICU Project products. This flaw, rated 7.5 HIGH on CVSS, allows for remote, unauthenticated attacks with low complexity, potentially leading to a denial of service. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 58.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:icu-project:international_components_for_unicode:*:*:*:*:*:c\/c\+\+:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0445 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-7868

icu: Heap-buffer overflow in utext_moveIndex32 function

Feb 13, 2017

References

bugs.icu-project.org / trac/changeset/39671
Patch
bugs.chromium.org / p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201710-03
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3830
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/97674
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry