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CVE-2016-5825 json

The icalparser_parse_string function in libical 0.47 and 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read)…

published 2017-01-27 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-6760

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The icalparser_parse_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 ics file.

Patch / fix

  • libical SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 0.43-1.10.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:0119-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-5825 updated cvss 5.5

libical: Heap buffer over-read in icalparser_parse_string function

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 thunderbird Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libical, thunderbird Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 thunderbird
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libical, libical-glib, compat-libical1
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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