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.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:12333 advisory.

    The International Components for Unicode (ICU) library provides robust and full-featured Unicode services.

    Security Fix(es):

    * icu: Stack buffer overflow in the SRBRoot::addTag function (CVE-2025-5222)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:12332 advisory.

    The International Components for Unicode (ICU) library provides robust and full-featured Unicode services.

    Security Fix(es):

    * icu: Stack buffer overflow in the SRBRoot::addTag function (CVE-2025-5222)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:12331 advisory.

    The International Components for Unicode (ICU) library provides robust and full-featured Unicode services.

    Security Fix(es):

    * icu: Stack buffer overflow in the SRBRoot::addTag function (CVE-2025-5222)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2025:12083 advisory.

    * icu: Stack buffer overflow in the SRBRoot::addTag function (CVE-2025-5222)

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The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2025-12083 advisory.

    [67.1-10]
    - ICU-22973 Fix buffer overflow by using CharString       Resolves: RHEL-96664

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The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:12083 advisory.

    The International Components for Unicode (ICU) library provides robust and full-featured Unicode services.

    Security Fix(es):

    * icu: Stack buffer overflow in the SRBRoot::addTag function (CVE-2025-5222)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2025-11888 advisory.

    - Resolves: rhbz#1646703 CVE-2018-18928
    - Resolves: rhbz#1524820 CVE-2017-17484
    - Resolves: rhbz#1510932 CVE-2017-14952
    - Resolves: rhbz#1444101 CVE-2017-7867 CVE-2017-7868
    - Resolves: rhbz#1377362 CVE-2016-7415
    - Resolves: rhbz#1360340 CVE-2016-6293
    - Resolves: rhbz#1190131 CVE-2014-7923 CVE-2014-7926 CVE-2014-9654
    - Resolves: rhbz#1184811 CVE-2014-6585 CVE-2014-6591
    - drop integrated icu.10318.CVE-2013-2924_changeset_34076.patch
    - Resolves: rhbz#1015594 CVE-2013-2924 use-after-free
    - Resolves: rhbz#766542 CVE-2011-4599 Stack-based buffer overflow
    - add icu.8984.CVE-2011-4599.patch
    - CVE-2007-4770 CVE-2007-4771 add icu.regexp.patch

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:11888 advisory.

    The International Components for Unicode (ICU) library provides robust and full-featured Unicode services.

    Security Fix(es):

    * icu: Stack buffer overflow in the SRBRoot::addTag function (CVE-2025-5222)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

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The version of icu installed on the remote host is prior to 50.2-4. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-2914 advisory.

    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. (CVE-2025-5222)

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The version of libicu60 installed on the remote host is prior to 60.3-2. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-2913 advisory.

    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. (CVE-2025-5222)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

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It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-1057 advisory.

    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. (CVE-2025-5222)

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The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2025:02216-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-5222: Fixed stack buffer overflow in the SRBRoot:addTag function (bsc#1243721)

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The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5951 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian Security Advisory DSA-5951-1                   security@debian.org     https://www.debian.org/security/                       Moritz Muehlenhoff     June 26, 2025                         https://www.debian.org/security/faq
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : icu     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-5222

    A buffer overflow was discovered in the International Components for     Unicode (ICU) library.

    For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in     version 72.1-3+deb12u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your icu packages.

    For the detailed security status of icu please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/icu

    Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

    Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

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The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:02059-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-5222: Stack buffer overflow in the SRBRoot:addTag function (bsc#1243721).

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The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:02079-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-5222: Stack buffer overflow in the SRBRoot:addTag function (bsc#1243721).

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The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-4217 advisory.

    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4217-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                          Adrian Bunk     June 15, 2025                                 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
    - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : icu     Version        : 67.1-7+deb11u1     CVE ID         : CVE-2025-5222     Debian Bug     : 1106684

    A stack-based buffer overflow has been fixed in ICU,     a C++ and C library for Unicode and Globalization support.

    For Debian 11 bullseye, this problem has been fixed in version     67.1-7+deb11u1.

    We recommend that you upgrade your icu packages.

    For the detailed security status of icu please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/icu

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

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The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-49ae47f4ef advisory.

    Backport fix for CVE-2025-5222.

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The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-879f3d7695 advisory.

    Backport fix for CVE-2025-5222.

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ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
243217	RHEL 9 : icu (RHSA-2025:12333)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
243215	RHEL 9 : icu (RHSA-2025:12332)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
243214	RHEL 9 : icu (RHSA-2025:12331)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
243053	AlmaLinux 9 : icu (ALSA-2025:12083)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	high
243006	Oracle Linux 9 : icu (ELSA-2025-12083)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
242992	RHEL 9 : icu (RHSA-2025:12083)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
242945	Oracle Linux 10 : icu (ELSA-2025-11888)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
242896	RHEL 10 : icu (RHSA-2025:11888)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
241785	Amazon Linux 2 : icu (ALAS-2025-2914)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
241783	Amazon Linux 2 : libicu60 (ALAS-2025-2913)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
241755	Amazon Linux 2023 : icu, libicu, libicu-devel (ALAS2023-2025-1057)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
241343	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : icu (SUSE-SU-2025:02216-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
240694	Debian dsa-5951 : icu-devtools - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
240578	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : icu (SUSE-SU-2025:02059-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
240540	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : icu (SUSE-SU-2025:02079-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
238478	Debian dla-4217 : icu-devtools - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
238418	Fedora 41 : mingw-icu (2025-49ae47f4ef)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
238369	Fedora 42 : mingw-icu (2025-879f3d7695)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

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