MGASA-2018-0021: libical Mageia

Published
Published 02-01-2018Last modified 16-04-2026

Vulnerability summary

MGASA-2018-0021 is a vulnerability in libical Mageia with no CVSS score yet.

Priority
Insufficient evidence

No CVSS vector published; no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS scoreNot scoredRisk metrics not yet published.
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 3 · Downstream 0
CVE-2016-5824CVE-2016-5827CVE-2016-9584

Timeline

  1. 02-01-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Updated libical packages fix security vulnerability libical 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted ics file (CVE-2016-5824). 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 (CVE-2016-5827). libical allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) and possibly read heap memory via a crafted ics file (CVE-2016-9584).

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EPSS trend

No EPSS score has been published for this record yet.

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

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CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: not stated in public data.

Mageia2 products
  • libical< 1.0-4.1.mga5
  • libical< 2.0.0-2.1.mga6

1 vendor · 2 products

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