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CVE-2018-18928

critical

International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ 63.1 has an integer overflow in number::impl::DecimalQuantity::toScientificString() in i18n/number_decimal…

Vendor / product: Icu-project — international components for unicode

International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ 63.1 has an integer overflow in number::impl::DecimalQuantity::toScientificString() in i18n/number_decimalquantity.cpp.

CVSS
9.8
9.8 (CVSS v3.0)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.0 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2018-11-04 20:29
Modified: 2026-10-14 07:16
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 2 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:06 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

icu-project / international_components_for_unicode 63.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/commit/53d8c8f3d181d87a6aa925b449b51c4a2c922a51
Vendor advisory: https://unicode-org.atlassian.net/browse/ICU-20246
Vendor advisory: https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/commit/53d8c8f3d181d87a6aa925b449b51c4a2c922a51
Vendor advisory: https://unicode-org.atlassian.net/browse/ICU-20246
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/commit/53d8c8f3d181d87a6aa925b449b51c4a2c922a51
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/commit/53d8c8f3d181d87a6aa925b449b51c4a2c922a51

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:06 UTC · record ↗

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