CVE-2016-5826 — Out-of-bounds Read in Project Libical

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read10 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 26.63%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Libical Project Libical
Timeline
PublishedJan 27
Latest updateMay 14

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDlibical_project/libical0.47, 1.0+1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-fw7p-j2w6-jvv8: The parser_get_next_char function in libical 0↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2016-5826: The parser_get_next_char function in libical 0↗2017-01-27
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OSV
CVE-2016-5826: The parser_get_next_char function in libical 0↗2017-01-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

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

5
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-5826 libical: Heap buffer over-read in parser_get_next_char↗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 overread in libical icalparser_parse_string -> parser_get_next_char↗2016-06-20
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CVE-2016-5826 — Out-of-bounds Read in Project Libical | cvebase