CVE-2016-5824
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-01-27 22:01
Modified
2024-08-06 01:15
Severity ?
Summary
libical 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) via a crafted ics file.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/25/4Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/20/16Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91459Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0269Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0270Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1275400Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/libical/libical/issues/235Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/libical/libical/issues/251Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/libical/libical/issues/286Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-02
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-07
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3897-1/Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
n/an/a
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