CVE-2016-5827
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: January 27, 2017 at 10:01 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:50 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibical
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
The icaltime_from_string function in libical 0.47 and 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via a crafted string to the icalparser_parse_string function.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (3)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/25/4VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91459x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1281043CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125
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