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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2017-01-27

Updated: 2019-04-02

Type: CWE-416

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

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

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 8.6

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

Impact Score: 3.6

Exploitability Score: 1.8

Severity: MEDIUM