CVE-2025-5222 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2025-5222: 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.

Affects 7 Linux releases across 7 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2025-5222 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

icu→ fixed in67.1-7+deb11u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y icu
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

icu→ fixed in72.1-3+deb12u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y icu
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

icu→ fixed in76.1-4urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y icu
```

Alpine v3.20

Source: Alpine secdb

icu→ fixed in74.2-r1
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade icu
```

Alpine v3.21

Source: Alpine secdb

icu→ fixed in74.2-r1
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade icu
```

Alpine edge

Source: Alpine secdb

icu→ fixed in76.1-r1
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade icu
```

Alpine v3.19

Source: Alpine secdb

icu→ fixed in74.1-r1
```
apk update && apk add --upgrade icu
```

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