Critical
Security advisory
Double free in i18n/zonemeta.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ through 59.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string, aka a "redundant UVector entry clean up function call" issue.
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- CVEs
- CVE-2017-14952
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- 1 Nov 2026, 05:34 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Double free in i18n/zonemeta.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ through 59.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string, aka a "redundant UVector entry clean up function call" issue.
osv:CVE-2017-14952
Complete source record
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