Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in International Components for Unicode (ICU), as used in Google Chrome before 30.0.1599.66 and other products, 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 | 4.8.1.1-13+nmu1 | — |
| Debian 13 | icu | 4.8.1.1-13+nmu1 | — |
| Debian 12 | icu | 4.8.1.1-13+nmu1 | — |
| Debian 7 | chromium-browser | 30.0.1599.101-1~deb7u1 | DSA-2785-1 |
| 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 5
- DSA-2786-1 icu - several Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- DSA-2785-1 chromium-browser - 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
- WID-SEC-2025-1657 Google Chrome: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Jul 28, 2025
References
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2013/10/stable-channel-update.html
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=275803
- http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/10318
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0065 vendor-advisory
- DSA-2785 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1556 vendor-advisory
- JVN#85336306 third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19017 vdb-entry signature
- DSA-2786 vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1861 vendor-advisory
- 64758 vdb-entry
- https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?revision=219151&view=revision
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2014-1972949.html