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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-14952

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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1 Nov 2026, 05:34 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2017-14952

core-osv · Original source

Published 16 Oct 2017, 16:29 UTC

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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  "method": "structured",
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    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-14952",
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:30.554109188Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 432601,
  "published_at": "2017-10-16T16:29:00.887+00:00"
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