CVE-2016-5823 — Use After Free in Project Libical

CWE-416 — Use After Free9 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 39.12%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Libical Project Libical
Timeline
PublishedJan 27
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The icalproperty_new_clone function in libical 0.47 and 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted ics file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDlibical_project/libical0.47, 1.0+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

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GHSA
GHSA-rjf8-x65h-qc3m: The icalproperty_new_clone function in libical 0↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2016-5823: The icalproperty_new_clone function in libical 0↗2017-01-27
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OSV
CVE-2016-5823: The icalproperty_new_clone function in libical 0↗2017-01-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
libical: Segmentation fault on crafted file↗2016-06-24
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💬Community

4
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5823 thunderbird: libical: Segmentation fault on crafted file [fedora-all]↗2016-06-27
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5823 libical: Segmentation fault on crafted file↗2016-06-27
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5823 libical: Segmentation fault on crafted file [fedora-all]↗2016-06-27
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5823 libical: Segmentation fault on crafted file [epel-5]↗2016-06-27
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