CVE-2026-111269

medium

Description

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.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libical-through-4.0.6-heap-out-of-bounds-read-via-icalvalue-decode-ical-string

https://hackmd.io/@haind-pwn/libical-icalvalue-decode-ical-string-oob-read

https://github.com/libical/libical/pull/1455

https://github.com/libical/libical/commit/d753885ce2de7c105d6b8c405aa7aee1d98ad8de

https://github.com/libical/libical/blob/9cfca65c122fa23b9680a28e0c9225a2fd015fc5/src/libical/icalvalue.c#L1608-L1645

https://github.com/libical/libical

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-102524

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-15

Updated: 2026-10-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.6

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00129