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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-LIBICALDEVEL-21017058
  • published16 Oct 2026
  • disclosed15 Oct 2026

Introduced: 15 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-111269  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 libical-devel.

NVD Description

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

libical through 4.0.6 contains a heap-based out-of-bounds read in icalvalue_decode_ical_string() in src/libical/icalvalue.c when decoding input ending in a backslash. Attackers can supply escaped iCalendar text with a trailing backslash, causing the loop to read past the terminator and crash the application or leak adjacent heap memory.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1