Out-of-bounds read vulnerability in uloc_acceptLanguageFromHTTP function in ICU

CVE-2016-6293 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The uloc_acceptLanguageFromHTTP function in common/uloc.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) through 57.1 for C/C++ does not ensure that there is a '\0' character at the end of a certain temporary array, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a call with a long httpAcceptLanguage argument.

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