Description
Race condition in the International Components for Unicode (ICU) functionality in Google Chrome before 25.0.1364.97 on Windows and Linux, and before 25.0.1364.99 on Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | icu | 4.8.1.1-12 | — |
| Debian 13 | icu | 4.8.1.1-12 | — |
| Debian 12 | icu | 4.8.1.1-12 | — |
| Debian 7 | icu | 4.8.1.1-12+deb7u1 | DSA-2786-1 |
| Debian 6.0 | icu | 4.4.1-8+squeeze2 | DSA-2786-1 |
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | chromium | 55.0.2883.75-3.1 | openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1 |
Advisories 3
- DSA-2786-1 icu - several Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:10171-1 chromedriver-55.0.2883.75-3.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
- openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 ungoogled-chromium-113.0.5672.92-1.1 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026
References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2013/02/stable-channel-update_21.html
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=152442
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16404 vdb-entry signature
- DSA-2786 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0454 vendor-advisory
- JVN#70739377 third-party-advisory