CVE-2016-5827

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.

CVSS Metrics

• v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
• v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.76%• Percentile: 74%

Techniques & Countermeasures

• CWE-125•Out-of-bounds Read

  The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Affected Systems

• libical_project•libical

  0.47 | 1.0.0

References (3)

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91459
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/25/4
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1281043