CVE-2016-5823 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The icalproperty_new_clone function in libical 0.47 and 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted ics file.

Published: 2017-01-27

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:libical_project:libical:0.47:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:libical_project:libical:1.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-6758	The icalproperty_new_clone function in libical 0.47 and 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted ics file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00402.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/25/4
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5823
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-02
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5823

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Libical Project Libical

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-01-27T22:01:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:15:09.872Z

Reserved: 2016-06-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5823

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-01-27T22:59:00.553

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-5823

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-06-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-5823 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-416

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