Out-of-bounds read in libical - CVE-2016-5827
Published: January 30, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17270
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5827
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: libical
Affected software:
libical
libical
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the icaltime_from_string() function. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted string to the icalparser_parse_string() function, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-5827
Install update from vendor's website.