CVE-2016-5825 in libical

Summary

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.

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• Reservation: 06/23/2016
• Disclosure: 01/27/2017
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-96102 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-125 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.4
• EPSS: 0.00453
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5825
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5825
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-5825/