CVE-2016-5825 — Out-of-bounds Read in Project Libical

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read10 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 36.18%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Libical Project Libical
Timeline
PublishedJan 27
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The icalparser_parse_string function in libical 0.47 and 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) 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

3
GHSA
GHSA-gxmj-2vp4-qmm9: The icalparser_parse_string function in libical 0↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2016-5825: The icalparser_parse_string function in libical 0↗2017-01-27
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OSV
CVE-2016-5825: The icalparser_parse_string function in libical 0↗2017-01-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
libical: Heap buffer over-read in icalparser_parse_string function↗2016-06-25
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💬Community

5
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5825 libical: Heap buffer over-read in icalparser_parse_string function↗2016-09-12
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5825 CVE-2016-5826 CVE-2016-5827 libical: Multiple heap over-read vulnerabilities [fedora-all]↗2016-06-27
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5825 CVE-2016-5826 CVE-2016-5827 thunderbird: libical: Multiple heap over-read vulnerabilities [fedora-all]↗2016-06-27
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5825 CVE-2016-5826 CVE-2016-5827 libical: Multiple heap over-read vulnerabilities [epel-5]↗2016-06-27
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Bugzilla
Heap buffer overread in libical (icalparser_parse_string function)↗2016-06-19
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