High

Icu: stack buffer overflow in the srbroot::addtag function

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

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.

Announced 27 May 2025Group revision 1

Original source ↗

CVE-2025-5222

Primary source · Revision 1

Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.

Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2025-5222

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/3/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/4/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Update Services for SAP Solutions

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/5/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update Support

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/7/product

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/8/product

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/9/product

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/10/product

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/11/product

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/12/product

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/13/product

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.20

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/14/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/15/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/16/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/17/product

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/18/product

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/19/product

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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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Related CVEs: CVE-2025-5222
Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

high

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event: #49446 · Revision 1
Added to Heist Feed: Sun, 25 Oct 2026 13:50:03 GMT
Publisher date: Tue, 27 May 2025 20:51:50 GMT

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Revision history

25 Oct 2026CVE-2025-5222 · Revision 1Source updated