CVE-2016-5824

medium

Description

libical 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted ics file.

References

Advisories
More

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3897-1/

https://github.com/libical/libical/issues/286

https://github.com/libical/libical/issues/251

https://github.com/libical/libical/issues/235

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0270

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0269

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91459

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/20/16

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/25/4

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-07

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-02

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1275400

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-01-27

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00444