CVE-2016-7415

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Locale class in common/locid.cpp in International Components for Unicode (ICU) through 57.1 for C/C++ allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long locale string.

Published: 2016-09-17 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-7415 is rated High Exploit Risk (81/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.21%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2016-7415

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-7415

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-26 2.16% 1.21% -0.96%
2 2025-09-20 2.35% 2.16% -0.19%
3 2025-07-13 — 2.35% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-7415

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.0 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-7415

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-7415

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2016-7415: 1 source package rows (icu); 10 state rows across 10 repos (3.10-main, 3.11-main, 3.12-main, 3.17-main, 3.18-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 10, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-7415
debian not yet assigned CVE-2016-7415 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (icu), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7415
gentoo normal CVE-2016-7415: 1 GLSA(s) (201701-58), 1 atom(s) (dev-libs/icu); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2016-7415
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7415
suse medium CVE-2016-7415 severity moderate: SUSE including 15 source package names (icu, libicu, …), 153 product×package rows across 48 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0, … (48 product lines)): Known Not Affected 153. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7415/
ubuntu medium CVE-2016-7415 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (icu), 6 status rows across 6 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): released 5, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7415

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-7415

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
icu-project international_components_for_unicode <= 57.1 cpe:2.3:a:icu-project:international_components_for_unicode:*:*:*:*:*:c\/c\+\+:*:*

References for CVE-2016-7415

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