CVE-2025-5222

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.

CVSS v3 7.0 HIGH

7.0^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.0 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:11888	Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12083	Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12331	Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12332	Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12333	Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5222	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2368600	Issue Tracking
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00015.html	Mailing List

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:unicode:international_components_for_unicode:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-05-27 21:15

Updated : 2025-08-08 14:55

NVD link : CVE-2025-5222

Mitre link : CVE-2025-5222

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-5222

JSON object : View

Products Affected

unicode

international_components_for_unicode

CWE

CWE-120

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

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