{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6293","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-22T11:28:38.351933Z","published":"2016-07-25T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-3227-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-6293"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6293"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3227-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6293"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"icu","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/icu@52.1-3ubuntu0.5?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"52.1-3ubuntu0.5"}]}],"versions":["4.8.1.1-12ubuntu2","4.8.1.1-13+nmu1","4.8.1.1-13+nmu1ubuntu1","52.1-3","52.1-3ubuntu0.2","52.1-3ubuntu0.3","52.1-3ubuntu0.4"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"52.1-3ubuntu0.5","binary_name":"icu-devtools"},{"binary_version":"52.1-3ubuntu0.5","binary_name":"libicu52"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6293.json"}},{"package":{"name":"icu","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/icu@55.1-7ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"55.1-7ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["55.1-4ubuntu1","55.1-6ubuntu1","55.1-7"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"55.1-7ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"icu-devtools"},{"binary_version":"55.1-7ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"libicu55"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6293.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}