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.
Fix
Public exploits 1
- berkley4/icu-74-debian PoC on GitHub
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Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 6
- 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
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Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.0 · unicodeNVD modified 2026-10-09 00:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:unicode:international_components_for_unicode:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 18
- 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/errata/RHSA-2026:54544
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54553
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:54581
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56786
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56853
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:56911
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:60019
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:65839
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5222 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2368600 Issue Tracking
- https://unicode-org.atlassian.net/jira/software/c/projects/ICU/issues/ICU-22957
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00015.html Mailing List
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-585531.html