Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libical package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.17% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-LIBICAL-292962
  • published27 Jan 2017
  • disclosed27 Jan 2017

Introduced: 27 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-5826  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 libical.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libical package and not the libical package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.