CVE-2017-15422

Integer overflow in international date handling in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ before 60.1, as used in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 and other products, allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.

Published: 2018-08-28 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-15422 is rated Moderate Risk (56.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.60%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-15422

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 2026-04-09 2.00% 2.60% +0.60%
2 2026-03-28 3.85% 2.00% -1.85%
3 2025-12-28 — 3.85% —

Full EPSS history (24 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-15422

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-15422

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-15422

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2017-15422 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-2017-15422
gentoo normal CVE-2017-15422: 1 GLSA(s) (201801-03), 2 atom(s) (www-client/chromium, www-client/google-chrome); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2017-15422
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15422
suse medium CVE-2017-15422 severity moderate: SUSE including 25 source package names (chromedriver-63.0.3239.84-40.1, chromedriver-93.0.4577.82-1.1, …), 156 product×package rows across 59 product lines (Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-BYOS, Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-Basic-On-Demand, … (59 product lines)): Fixed 150, Known Not Affected 6. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15422/
ubuntu medium CVE-2017-15422 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (chromium-browser, icu, oxide-qt), 21 status rows across 7 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, trusty, upstream, xenial, zesty): released 10, ignored 4, DNE 3, needs-triage 2, not-affected 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15422

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-15422

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
google chrome < 63.0.3239.84 cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
icu-project international_components_for_unicode < 60.1 cpe:2.3:a:icu-project:international_components_for_unicode:*:*:*:*:*:c\/c\+\+:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 17.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-15422

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