CVE-2016-5826 in libical

Summary

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.

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• Reservation: 06/23/2016
• Disclosure: 01/27/2017
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-96103 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-125 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 6.4
• EPSS: 0.00759
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5826
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5826
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2016-5826/