CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-5826
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-01-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125
Description
The parser_get_next_char function in libical 0.47 and 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) by crafting a string to the icalparser_parse_string function.
Affected configurations
• libical project libical 0.47
• libical project libical 1.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/25/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91459 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1281041 Issue Tracking
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/25/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91459 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1281041 Issue Tracking